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In his July 7 , 1961, memorandum, Mr. Evans states 






that he contacted the Attorney General that day *!relative to his 
(Mr. Kennedy*s) observation as to the ix>ssibility of utilising 
*electronic devices* in organized crlxno investigations. ** Mr. Evans* 
memorandum reports that the then Attorney General Kennedy **was 
pleased we had been using microphone surveillances. • • in organized 
crime matters. •• 


Enclosures (3) 





T‘*r : lifir. Belmont’/V 

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©SGANIZED CRIME AND 

racketeering section 

OF THE BEPARTMENT 


i»AT«: July?, 1861 


contacted Uiis morning, J^y ^* 1^1 m* ^*^”**y General was 

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"!•' * *9^^®s«nted an expensive investieativA^iif ** ^ cases and whUe 

in all instances where this was technlcaliw nevertheless utilizinf 

Information might be expected. The feasible and where valuable 

telephone taps L cont^ted to ^ obJecUons to the utilization^ ‘ 

Attorney General SeTh^^e^o^eftorr^r^'^e"*® The 

^ restricted to national Kief ense-type cases wd he taps should 

«^--.g: microphone surveillances w^re these 5 *® ‘*®“ 

po^s^le in organized crime matters. do not apply wherever^ 

s-^ve^nces in co.°ne<So^wito^sec^U approved several technical 

o:f:ce. but t.hat he had notLpfti Sd 

approved and w.hat surveillances were currenti^f^ ^ he had 

ts own information he would like :o see ^ Sfof ?“* 

-fW m. operation. He added that this surveillances 

ana taat he would look it over and brought over to him personally 

the importance of hav^ thwe “ because he realized^ 

cona;tio.ns which only the FBI had. “nder the special security 

surveillances freS^eTSred^nU!* “>® ‘®<^bnical . „ , 

ther. returned to the Bureau ♦s file. Attorn^ General and 


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Th® Attoraey (^neral was contacted on the morning of August 17. WBL 
^biation iRiLew York Ci^ concerning the obtaining of ^ 
t® company for use in connection with^mrophone 

^^eillances. OWs matter was discussed with the Attorney General and he 
^^own a spe^en copy of the proposed letter which would be used. The ' 

***? proposed procedure in this regard and personally 
Ea^-6a the attached memorandum evidencing such approval* ^ 


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^ connection v/ith e.« use of microa'-o-a 
s^ei-lances it is frequently necessary to lease a spe^ te’eohoae 

T- 5ri ^ ^possible to locate a secure monitoring acint 

premises covered by th^J^rophoa*. 
®P®<^*2l telephone line is utilized, this activity in 


h^_ove.- -^. s?s 

°r- special telephone line is leased by 

o**’*:-* *2l**^“ ^ srrangement be with the 

:-:r.°lr. ®*. f*r-”*®y «e=erai. In the ?a^. we have restricted 


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S’eaK^S“lii^®^- -®t ^ City to simattorl*^^^^ 

...epao^e .aps, all o: wmcn have been approved by the Attorney General. 


• , iiave not oravicusly used iv, 

wt^. microphone surveillances because 

’-"^ev^-^wf ‘cci^-cstl difficulties .have^^ ' 

^ permitted to use lessee telechoue 

c^: be surveillances, this type of coveVage 

A expended bouh in securiiy and major criminal cs^^c: ^ 

is re^^l?e^' ^ leased line arrangement 

4. 4' ^ s«*»^.ple of the leiier which it is oroDosed will cAn^ 

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— c..opncne surveillances is attached. 




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1 - Mr. V/ick - Enclosures (5) 

1 - Mr. DeLoech - Enclosures (5) 

Enclosures ". 

“Bobby's Credibility Gap," The Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

12-22-5S ’ ' 

"?JFK and JEH," Arkansas Gazette, Lirle Rock, Arkansas, 12-17-66 
’■Bugging Furor Bad Business," The Sacramento Union, Sacramento. 

California, 12*18*6S ^ 

"■./anted: More Light on 'Bugs’" The Evening Star, Washington, D. C.. Ub 
X2— 27~Go 

"Which r>o You Believe?" Chattanooga News - Free Press, Chattanooga. 
Tennessee, 12-20-66 f 




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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 


PEDEAAL BUESAU OF INVESTIGATION 


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WAfBlIICTOII, B.C. S05SS 

December 15, 1966 


y (A) WIRETAPS AND MICROPHONES — Reference is made to SAC Letter 66-76^ 
pointing out that considerable information, much of it grossly inaccurate, has 
been published or otherwise disseminated In recent weeks regarding the FBI^s 
use of wiretaps, microphcnes and other electronic listening devices. 

On December 5, 1966, Congressman H. R. Gross of Iowa wrote roe 
concerning our use of these devices. A copy of Congressman Gross' letter is 
enclosed. 

Enclosed also is a copy of my December 7, 1966, reply to Congress- 
man Gross. It includes copies of a communication dated August 17, 1961, bearing 
the then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s signature and a letter dat^ May 
25. 1961, from Herbert Ji Miller, Jr= , to Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr, 

On December 10, 1966— after Congressman Gross had made roy letter 
to him and its two enclosures available to the press— Senator Robert F. Kennedy 
issued a statement claiming that ’’apparently” I had been ’’misinformed." 

On the afternoon of Decembe]^ll, 1966, the Bureau issued a press 
release pointing out that during Robert ^kenn^y’s tenure as Attorney General 
in 1961-64, the FBI’s use of microphone afvfwiretap surveillances was known 
to and approved by him. A copy of the December 11, 1966, press release is 
enclosed, together with the three documents which were released to the press 
as enclosures to it. These three documents are memoranda from former 
Assistant Director C. A. Evans to former Assistant to the Director A. H. 

Belmont dated July 7, 1961, and August 17, 1961, and a copy of the previously 
mentioned communication dated August 17, 1961, signed by Robert F. Kennedy. 

You should feel free to make copies of the enclosed documents for 
the use and assistance of reliable news contacts of your office who may express 
an interest in preparing special articles or editorials reflecting the true facts 
concerning Robert Kennedy’s knowledge and approval of FBI microphone and 
wiretap surveillances in 1961-64. Copies of all such articles and editorials t 
should promptly be furnished to the Crime Records Division. 


Very truly yours. 


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December 20» 1006 
BY LIAISCli 




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:; uHai Iicv/is HI over iiic I/Iutual Hroadcaotiag System cn 
4-wc:mber 12, 1C2G. Siace Ills c:,mmcat3 relate to c2 jcti-oaic 
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^ - A-2r. V/ick (Sent with memo to Acting AG of same cats) 

' ^ • 1 - Hr. De Loach (Sent v/ith memo to Acting AG of same, date) 

1 “ l.o:. Gale (Sent v/ith memo to ..'^eting AG of same date) 

^ 7 “—— 1 “ V - • loosen (Sent v/ith s eme .o Acting AG of same date) 

~1 ZZZZ: Befiles reflect vor ' cox'Hr.l relations with Fulton Lewis II. 

Bulet of 12-14-66 thankee . .r. Le\..s for his broadcast. 

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FULTON LEWOS HI 
MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM 
DECEMBER 12, 1966 


The newly-erupted feud between F^B.L Director * > 

J. Edgar Hoover and New York Democrat Senator Bobby Kennedy . . * ‘ 

continued on today— Kennedy denying once ag^ that he had ^thorized 
an increase in wiretapping procedures during his service as Attorney 
General between 1961 and 1964. 

Such eavesdropping techniques have become detrimental * 
factors in the Government's prosecution of several notable cases— 
primarily the Bobby Baker case — and Director Hoover has made it 
clear that he — and his Bureau were just following orders iir using wire- 
taps to gather evidence. ... and those orders caine directly from the 
boss^ — in this instance. Attorney General Robert Kennedy. 

On Saturday, the F. B. I. Chief produced a memo to this 
effect, signed by Kennedy, which seems to be pretty irrefutable. In 
addition, of course, we have a contest in prestige ar*d credibility between 
J, Edgar Hoover and Bobby Kennedy — Hoover who has achieved a 
reputation of imdisputable honesty and integrity during his 42 years as 
Director of the F. B. I. . . . and Bobby Kennedy who is — to say the least — ;; 

a little less trustworthy. It was Kennedy, remember, who gave us his. .. 
personal assurance.that there had been no air or se^su^port planned for 

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the Bay ci Pigs L^^ion in April of 1961. I*ater,^ gleamed he had 
been mistaken. It was Kennedy who personally visited Indonesian 
3?resident SuJwxno to work out a settl^^ment of Sukarno’s aggression 
against West New Guinea— a settlement, Kennedy premised, which 
would not involve appeasement. And yet months later, the truth w^ • 
made known: Bobby Kennedy, acting in behalf of the Administration, 
had actually promised the previously Butch-controUed territory of 
West New Guinea. . . lock, stock and barrel. . . Sukarno— and by May, 

1G63— tlie transfer, handled by the United Nations— was complete... 
and today, thanks to Robert Kennedy, West New Guinea is an 
Indonesian possession. 

" The handsome and articulate Robert Kennedy has 

gained the reputation of being a wanting, living "credibility gap"— 
and in his current dispute with J% Edgar Hoover. . • .based on integT.^y 
alone he finishes a poor second. Considering the evidence presented 
by the E.3.L Director, Kennedy finishes an even poorer second. 







•UNITED STAi t COv^MENT 

lAemcrandum 


MR. TOLSON 


a a DE LOAp: 




1 - Mr* Deloach 
1 - Mr. Gale 
1 - Mr. Wide 
DATE: 12/13/66 

1 - Mr. Rosen 
1 - Mr. Jones 




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THE HEARST CORPO 


CALL RE ROBERT F. KENNEDY 


The Hearst 

Corporation, called from New York 12/13/66. He stated he had carefully 
* ,yed i\\e present controversy between the Director and Kennedy in 
w York and that he strongly felt that a tide of repercussion on the part 
X,-: u\e American public was running against Kennedy. He advised that 
Kennedy was losing popularity every day. 

jm|[||||[||told me he doubted that even the personnel of the 
I fully recognized the incredible prestige that the Director had throughDuc 
j Unitea states. He stated that Kennedy as usual was proving himself in 
a Boston, gutter-type politician whose paints of argument were indeed 
very weak. 

^m^told me he was at a dinner party last night vdiich 


told me he was at a dinner party last night vdiich 
cor*:?^ted s.f 10 prominent people. He stated the President of a large chemical 
.*n hoc! indicated, "Kennedy has finally been knocked off by one of the 
. ' :est men in the country. ” He said all people at the dinner party felt 
\ j.‘ ly .:ad proved himself to be a "jackass. " Clements told me that 

Ne>. YorxCcrs were certainly getting tired of Kennedy. 


I shanked 

. tor would be advised. 


I for his remarks and told him that the 


ACTION: For record purposes. 


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Memorandum 


1 - Mr. DeXx>ach 
1 • Mr. Wick 
I - Mr. Gale 


MR. TOLSON 


DATE: 





1V13/66 
1 - Mr. Rosen 

. :^ 0 M : C. D. DB LOAClQ^ 1 - Mr. SulXivan(Liaisoii) 

' . 1 - Mr. M. A. Jones 

3JECT: ROBERT F.^^NKBDY ’ 

DENIAL OF ICNOv/LEDGE REGARDING 
USAGE OF MICROPHONES BY THE FBI; 

CALL FROM COMMISSIONER SHELDON COHEN, 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, 12/13/66 


Slicldon Cohen, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service (IRS), N 

• me at 6:15 p. m. , 12/13/66, He stated he wanted to tell me that he was 
cc;v.pietely sympathetic with the FBI*s position in the feud with Bobby Kennedy, L 
Ccr.en stated he hoped that we won the battle and frankly he felt we were far 

; ahead at this stage of the game. ^ 

Cohen advised that he almost did the same thing a year ago that 
Hoover has now done, i. e. , to blast Bobby Kennedy because of his lying. 

7.^ said that the only thing that held him back was the fact that he was not 
Commissra: of IRS at the time Kennedy was Attorney General. "He said also 
that he does not have access to the considerable prpof that Mr. Hoover has 
lagainst Kennedy. 

Cohen told me that the Kennedy statements were "unconscionable, ” : 
stated that the American public obviously will realize that Kennedy is lying. ^ 

I told Cohen that I certainly appreciated his calling, however, I 
orten wondered in my own mind why IRS had not come out and told the^truth 
about Xemiedy pushing them into the usage of microphones. He stated for the 
reasons previous ty mentioned he could not afford to do this. He also told me 

* that Kaplan, his predecessor, had left IRS administrative affairs in pretty much / - 
of a shambles. He stated that Kaplan had claimed to him that he honestly did 

r. o. Icnow what field offices in the IRS were utilizing electronic devices. Cohen 

s. **ted that Kaplan' was a CTeat friend of Kennedy’s and would no doubt defend 

i Kennedy if called upon. / ^ ^ y ^ 

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in wOuGh with us and offer any pn.*s.s; bla^suggestions for assistanc e ..— He . of cqux;s^,^'^ 

at act reveal this fact. • 

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SUBJECT: 


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DATE: 12 - 13-66 





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WIRETAPS ^ro MICROPHONES— 
ROBERT F. KENNEDY; 

■ PKOPOSED'SAC LEITBR 


Attached is a proposed SAC Letter transmitting to 
the field (1) a copy of the December 5, 1966, letter from 
Congressman H. R. Gross to the Director, (2) a copy of the 
Director's December 7, 1966, reply to Congressman Gross, 
including the two enclosures to that letter, and (3) a copy of the 
Bureau's December 11, 1966, press release, including the three 
enclosures to that press release. 


It is felt these items should be sent to all field ^ 
offices not only for information purposes, but to enable each r'-' 

SAC to make copies of them for the use of reliable news contactV' ^ 
in preparing local articles and editorials accurately reflecting • . 
Robert F. Kennedy's knowledge and approval of the FBFs use of 
wiretaps and microphones. O ^ ^ / 3 ^ ROO 


RECOMMENDATION 




not 

That the attached SAC Letter be se pt. 


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1 - Mr. Wick 
1 - Mr. Gale “X— 


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1 - Mr. Sullivan 
1 - Mr. Casper 




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Eear &Oss Goldstein: 


Your letter of Decezcber 10th was received duiins 


Mr. Hooyer*s absence. As he is in a travel etatas, it \ 7 ill not be 


possible Ibr him to cozn^y with your request. 


Sincerely yours. 


Helen W. Gandy 
Secretary 


cc:/.:.: rai 1 Jnct York - Enclosure 

1 - Mr. Wick - Enclosure (sent with cover memo) 
1 - M. A* Jones - Enclosure (sent with cover memo) 


1 Miss Holmes • Enclosure (sent with cover memo) 


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\- r^ NOTE: Bufiles contain no record of correspondent; however, we 
tove m ai nt:^^ cordial r elati ons w b^varioua officials of Esquirt^ 
3^ Inc* Morrell to Mr* Wick ine^orandum ci^tioned. 


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UNITED STATES i -MENT 

Memorandum 


MR. TOI^ON 


i>ATt: 12/13/86 


SUmECT: 

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J. P. MOHR 

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ROBERT F. KENNEDY 
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL 
MCROPHONE INSTALLATIONS 





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Ed Morgan, former Inspector, called me this morning and said he 
wanted to pass along a little information which he thought might be helpful to 
the Bureau in connection with the present controversy with Robert F. Kennedy, 
former Attorney General, concerning his knowledge about such installations 
throughoiit the field by the FBL Morgan said he Just returned from a West Coast ^ 
trip where he was representixig a group of individuals in connection with a ^ 

television station. He said one of the individuals involved was Bill Simon, formed 
SAC at Los Angeles. He stated that Simon was taking him, Morgan, for a ride 
around Los Angeles and during the ride Simon mentioned in his cpnversation the " 
''extreme personal interest Kennedy would take in connection with FBI investigate 
activities and would go into aU techniques whenever he visited a field office* " 
went on to relate that Simon also stat^ that when Kennedy visited Los Angelei 
he went into considerable detail about various investigative techniques and w: 
fully briefed concerning them. 



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Morgan said the conversation with Simon preceded the current news] 
publicity about the use of microphones by the FBI and Kennedy's knowledge 
concerning such techniques. Morgan said he was aware that the publicity indid 
Kennedy visited New York and Chicago but that we might want to check Los Angeles 
and possibly other places where Kennedy visited. I e^ressed appreciation to 
Morgan for his calling and made no further comment. 


The foregoing is submitted for record purposes. 


1 - Mr. DeLoach 
1 - Mr. Gale 
1 - Mr. Sullivan 
1 - Mr. Wick 










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OU men. OW men «ttin|r on the pearl fray 
^...i.^ IwMwItnar |mward m'hefl the doOf 19 


opeiicd. Rendinf fon»ard ami thi-n 9ton«tnf when 
the bottom of the rtomach lainchr* up afainfC the 
thifhiL OM men ctnliaiTaSicd Uxauae their bodiet 
uxw*t move. OW men fettinf rc«l in the face, pnmt* 
hif. rcachinf for the felt strap by the window and 
hoistinf themselves tip. Bent over, stiff-leffe^ yester- 
day s whisky in their faces, coufh inf phlefm into their 
fists from the effort of breathini; and fettinp out of 
a car, they come onto the sidewalk, straiphten up and 
walk into a IniiWiiif from which they control a world 

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mac IS mnninpK wt »im,„ iumv, »*»...»> 

And the yoimp oW men. White scalp showinp at 
the temples from their short haircuts. Crowded in 
the open aisle around the little Itar in the barren re- 
freshment car of the to Huntington. Crowded 
together and drinking beer out of big wax cups or 
martinis out of small wa.v cups. DrinWng and smok- 
ing cigarettes and the heat of the crowded railroad 
ear making .them sweat. They look at the young 
office girls and make noises like a Siamese cat and 
say their favorite ime-line attempts at humor. T^e 
lines lire all from television coninuTciais or siiuaikm 
comedies and one of them says, “Would you believe? 
and, one after another, they say the same thing with 
their own endings to the “Would you l*clicvc?** They 
laugh into their drinks in wax cups. Th|fy look at the 
young girls closely and they try to impress them. 
There is more to it than sex. Kvery day. they are 
losing the world of the young girls and they try to 
hoW onto it with their eyes and their onc-line jokes 
and every day they arc losing. F.very day that they 
go home and eat and fall asleep in front of the tele- 
vision and then get up in the morning and go to work 
on jol>s they don’t like. Every day that they spend 
going to a golf course as if it were a church, and 
polishing a car, and then going to a 
talking alwit the same things that thcf»b^ro*of 
last week. The >*oung old men together and ^drinking in ] 
one part of the room and remcml»criiif^tt/y|asial ! 
and the right field wall at El*l>cts the • 

women, their l>cxfies coming apart from having too 
many children, talking with the first old -lady-stories > 
of fmerations coming into the conversatiem. Young | 
oW men*. i>oor bastards who lost 20 years watching 
television; living on an old titnetablc which says they 
shmtM inherit from the old mm. H«l there Is to !«• 
nothing left to inherit because everything is changing. 


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‘‘v^sheeroTpaper he held. On the lop of the sheeC in 
IBM electric typewriting, were the words, “FRANK J. ‘ 
W\OU\, BRONX POSTM.^STER.’• He unfoldwl 
the sheet There w’as a bw^aphy of Viola put into ; 
the form of remarks. Kennedy folded the sheet again ; 
and stood quietly. Around him, in the gloom of the 
lobby of the Bronx Main Post Office, the old one* 
and the young old ones stood in a semi-circle. j 

A roan was at a microphone addressing the 
people. “He'll make you a very, very fine postmaster i 
of which the Bronx can Iw very proud,” the man said. 
Frank J. Viola, sr carnation in hit lapel, stood 


Tho Washingtoo Post and 
Timas Herald . 




The V^ashingtoo Daily News _ 
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New World 


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0£C ?9f)5 The Worker. 



MjiKjmt-cirde. Hb wif«. in a flKuc jc»thcrt^ > 
EuanJ a U»ck dotJi cwU wilh a fur colUrrilW™ 
onr end of the Mwi-cireie. SooMbody at the micro* 
ylionr aakl^ *Tm jeomit to atk Senator Kennedy, who 
recommended htm ahn« with other congresamen, to 
any fumething.** . v - " 

Kenaeily stepped op I* |he lectern and unfolded 
the lOicct of paper. He *pol|| in a, voice that Has very 
little mudubaion. Ilia handa^ red from the eoW after* 
nooil. had the him of her\*edfii thenKrThis imlkattoii 
*of intereat and recugnitimi of ahiKty and talents that 
rnhnwl Viola has." hr waa'^mying. eoniriliiillmi i 
to his rowntry in two .wars we'rv grate iiil to the. 
colonel,’* 

Kennedy $tii*pvd 1»acli and Viola catw up t«> 
accept the postmaster’s m»I» in the Bronx. Vii»la made 
a speech. Kennedy ntoveil to the edge of the semi* 
circle. Mrs. V'loia was inished out into the crowd. 
Kennedy took her elUtw and guided her Imck ami 
then stepped out to make room for her. She listcncti 
to her husiMnd proudly. 

It was a very nice ceremony. It was the imlitics 
and government jobs and service and parcelling out 
of power which has always gone on in New York. 
The ones involved stoml in a semi-circle and they 
. were alt oW men. It was not Rolwrt Kamedy’s world. 

* Outside. Kennedy got into the front scat of a 
white four-door Lincoln convertible. He sat sideways. 
Hilt Barry, a w’ide-shoiiklered guy m his late .his. 
iw’as driving. Barry was an FBI agent who always 
^was assigned tO'Roliert Kennefly when Kcnnwly was 
the attorney gcneraL When Kennedy left the job. 

Fxtgar Hoover, in an expression of his deep feelings 
for Kcimedy, had Barry transferred to .Alabama. 
Barry left the Imrean ami now is in charge of security 
for a liank in Manhattan. 


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*arl Graves, who works in Kennedy’s official 
I office in Ne%v York, sat in the back. .A photographer 
W'as next to him. There always is a photographer 
from someplace sitting in the Itack of a car Kennedy 
is in. 

(•raves took a sheet of paper out of his inside 
picket. ‘SENATOR KENNEDY’S SCHEDULE,” 
the electric t 3 rpcwriting said. Under it was a list of 
timet and places. Graves studied it. 

“I.unch, Senator?” he said. 

*Td like a milkshake;** Kennedy said. “Can wt 
find a Schrafft’s?'* 

“It’s too late now.** Barry said. “We’re right in 
the rush hour. Five o’clock already. We’re going to 
‘ ^ have trouble making the next stop as it is.** 

“Where is the stop?** Kennedy asked. 

“Manhattan and Nassau in Rrooklyn,” Graves said. 
“Yon won’t find a Sehrafft’s there,” Barry said. 
“Why Schraffl’sf** the ph«itogra|>hcr said. 

“I don’t know, f tike ice cream,** Kennedy sanl. 
Ills fingers liegan to drum on the dashlmard. 11c 
t.'^lkcd alvHil bis Newfoondland shceixtog messing the 
. late Senaior lUrry ByfdTs dffke nif. Barry drove 
vf the ear across the Trdmrough Bridge and onto an 
ripressway to Brooklyn. The ear Ame off the expresa* 
«ULio^ihrough factory streets and into GreenpoinI, 
^Hkh' IS a place of narrow streets lined by three and 
S fn«f>«iory wtmden houses which are stained from the 
mot which hangs in the air. 

V-' The ear came around a corner and slowed down, 
t .% piriUo ok up th cJcfl sida ' 




«f liu* liluck. A cinniiwr- 

ci ;il where tlie ti.irk emUnU _ 

"It s right up at llie comer,” Bany saic 
“Well, lei’s sec it wc*rc early first,** Kcnncfly ' 
said. “If wc are, maybe wc can get a milkshake; 
M>meplace.” * j 

Graves got out of the car. He l^an running, with ; 
kmg steps, tow'ard the comer. Kennedy Wtittcd in 
silctwe. Graves came loping Hack. He leaned through * 
the car window. - j 

“Wc’rc about 1.^ minittes early,” he sai^,**Atid ; 
( here’s a place right over thcri*— sce?~*wbcre:.^ can | 
get a milkshake.** 

Kennedy w'as looking acros.s the wiiMlow..al the i 
park. Tlie pLicc was McCirrcn Park, a big ttrctdi ! 
of soot-darkened grass and black dirt Off on the other '■ 
side, a footliatl team was pracitcing. [ 

“They’re playing footliall.” Kennedy said. “Lcl*s 
go watch sonic footliall.** 

"Ihjii’t you want' anyth lug?” Graves asked.^ 
KeiitU‘iiy had the <toor o|if*ir aiul he was slidiii;: ' 
•till- tiiiiti the sUU'walk. | 

“Bring tm* .so'me tea over tu the uiotbaU |ir;ictice.‘' > 
hr viiil. 

Ibirry got out %ii the car on ilu* •>iUer side .oul ^ 
u.dkrd next to Kriiiu'dy. .At the low black iron leiier, 
K<‘mu'dy did a skip step and hurdled it. On the gras.H : 
on the other riite. he iK'gan to irot. II is hands were ; 
stuck in the jnickets of a gray form- fitting to;vco.a. • 
lie trotted across the grass with the photographer 
running iH-hind him. *l’he camera ixpiipnieat kig slung ' 
over the photographer’s .dionldrr kept lM>uncing wbiie 
the photograplu-r truxl to keep up. 

It was p.m. .tiid the streeiliglus around the 
p.irk were on. Tl»e ic.^tn pr.iciioing was in white hel- ' 
mets with blue am; red Mripes. The oKeasivc- team 
was in the huddle, t:u' M;;»tiiutes standing hoatuu them, 
'flic Ciiaches, in hascitali Caps and rainco.t;» and blue 
jiarkas, stood in t*..c CMWtl behind the huddle. The 
tlefciisivc iv’.mi wa;;< t| for the next pLay to run. 

One of the c«>.. r..cs turned around a:.d you could 
sec “St. l-Vancis” pi'iiitcd on the back of liw parka. 

‘'This mn>: be .Sf. h'r.iitcts IVcp,” soinc)*ody be- 
hind Kemu'dy “'ria-y’re .tUmt the only school in 
the chy that to play lootball.” 

“Goml,” hr S.O “I like lo .see rhe gOo«l ones. ' • 


I 


hcatl . rr I .> irotii the luaMlc for a moment 
Just tile hea«i. Ti.r eye.s uiutiT the hcinut looked at 
this person will; h;> .t.oid.-* iii the topcoat jiockcts and : 
the bleak and l*onj f.»cc and this deliberairjy-cut long 
hair falling up am duwii onto the forehead with the 
motion of his liot; The )x>y in the huddle stootl . 
straight i‘.p now a:.*, looked^ at Uolicrt Kennedy. Th<- • 
lioy’s month ca ne ••pen. Then his hand automaticallv - 
reached for t‘.i< «e. • lu-xi to l;:in in the huddle. Thi L ’ 
other one st.'....;h..-i.«.d up ..nd looked aroumL And 
tii'.w they all aH'dvid up and the substitutes began ‘ 
pushing to see wh«» w:..- ftuning. ^ 

It is never at > d;iiVr, jU when Robert Kennedy 
appears where :he.*e are people. There is the loanee, 
the awed loo.*., am. .he hand reaches for the DcarcatJ 
one to show biui, .,o, F-vcrythlng stops and.tbea' 
pei»plc arc in the s;revi and running towards 
and it always is the young ones who get theft 
and crowd for his handshake. To tcU of tUp .lb^ 

t >i c’««*cifx. him. There is too much slohbeiW], 

. . V L But to tell it is merely to ttIkB 






li.t-r .»:•’• ttf lUi)4*y Kriiiirtf}-^^ 

i fflsA. ' ^ i . l f y. iIk->* wrilr fcnrtriK^T s;i>, ‘*lu»l«.y's. 

‘iK-w* bWr.nUkm MUttlly » more iimmivv ;iml l*r;»j;- 
»i;itic ilur. it is the expression of a conversion to a 
new set of ideals.” Or they write of his old arroi:ancc 
or iKw ideas and of his dead hrothcr and sister* 
indaw and of bis chances in l%8 and 1072. it ail 
» calm's iiut as wrilins done by an adult wlu> has talked 
n» other a»itilts, the oUt men anil the j“oun;; old men. 
ami the writing is tkme in an office filial with old 
men aiul yminp okl men and the stories proliahly arc 
imiK>n.nnt and full of meaning;. A lot of smart men 
are doinj; the writing?. Ihit all of it — all the words 
almtit whether Rohby Kennedy is a ruthless, mechanical 
rich pjy or a j;cihus mellowed hy jrreat tra^edy-^ll 
of it -.s superfluous when you see him coming up to 
a liijrh school footlxaU team that is practicinz for a 
Zamc. 

•*\\ ve.- mind me, let's sec you run the play,” 
• 1 ^ ;-,.c:;uily c.alls Out. 

coach steps forward. “All r>zht, let's gel 
....... I>iiMn«*>s,’* he s;iyjL 

'1 he !i.-. 4 tls Z‘* ilmvn into the huddle. On the 
1. u*i>M. .. hu.haekcT calls out, “All rizht, come on, 
I, i's *io :t »‘ij:hl. la-t's sl«»w him liovv we dti it.” 

Wiili ,1 haiulclap, the hniUUe hreaks .ind the team 
comes out. 

“ke.ady,” the <|Ua.'U*ri..ick eails out. 

“'I'iuy’re very hiz.” Kem.vily says. 

“I I III one,” the ijuarlerhack says. 

“Senator .*Kenm*dy, Vin Vince O’Connor, the 
« ..ich,*’ a wcarinz zlasses and a base hall cap says. 

. . two . , . hut three.” 


^ he ijuaricrhack starts dfoppinz hack and there 
♦' a sU.p as !M)th line.s Z<* e.'ich oilier. The oi fensive 
t.ain Ls nmninz otit of a douhlc wing T. The black 

11.. t spits from under the quartcrlc.ck’s feet as he 
pivots and ihriiws overhand, with pool! art;, extension. 
The pass is sharp and thrown to tiie rizai halfback, 
who had heeii spread and came slantinz in. The pass 
is calied a h*ok-in j>ass and the rizht lu.lfii.ick grabs 
It in full stride and r.ices past a linch.acker. 

All the kids let out a yell and clap their hands. 
*■ V! rizUt." ihe coach calls out. 

' zo.xl,“ Kennedy says. He turns to the 
. . .4: *\\li.* are the best ones?” 

‘•’v i ji.ivr a tackle, Anthony DiXardo, Sen.itor. 
il-.’s he. ; alhprep school twice. Ivy league schools 
w.,nt i;;;n.” 

'*‘\\;.ich *ii:e is he?” Kennedy says. 

0*(,‘t.‘.ii;or pihnts to two thick legs in the hiuidle- 
“'n-.en w. itave a hain«ack who is poing to hre.ik 

1.. . ..l’- !:ne c:ty scoring record. Richie Szaro. He's 
i Iv ■ )i ;hri 4- years from Poland.” 

" ...Kv- WPere-^ Which one is he?" 

■ ..II* hreak.s fritni the liiuUne, 0’C*»mi.»r 

j*i . lie is the left halfback, lie h.oks .lUna 

• I p* ..ikI.-. i.ui with room to grow. The legs tell you 
Sircug legs, the fang muscle sticking out in a 
r>dge when he gets int» his stai^pc. Cbaf miner’s legs. 
IV.'iSai.i’s legs. 

“Hut wan.” 

"The tackle keeps a high stance.” somebody next 
to Kvi.m'dy says. 

With a clap of pads, the play is off. The tackle, 
Hi\.ir 1.^ comes off his stance with a po werful an d 
itl AlllirTasi first step, which is almost the whole 


1-N.k ly ^ *S 

lie Inriij; lU. ..ei,. “V.., l,»,y ,r r'- 

I he OMt'ii uiaN ...id viy^ M>iiu jj,,; quarter* 

iiack. 

I'larl tlraves euii»-s * ..e’;. j.uli.. g eor.taiiK-ra out* of 
a l*ag. He hamls Keaoai/ a e'««iKa:ner. 

1 lu learn I»r« ..ka lait i*f i!.«* a;tcli!!e ;»nd O'Connof 
r,xM e.s next to Kennedy ami |ioims to SzarOb 

“lie is a left* foot kickvr. He played soccer in 
Poland. \V*c use i;:m for field goals ar«db kkkof fi» 
ptints, e\'cryth:ng." 

*i*hcy nm Szaro on a play thar h>oks like an inside 
reverse. DiXardo, the big tackle, is plunging ahead, 
his legs chopping and his arms flailing in a hand fight 
with the defensive man ami Szaro has his speed in a - 
step and he comes slapping through the hole, spinning 
off a hand that grabs him and be flies across the 
hlack dirt of the field aiul runs the play out. 

“Teirific," Kennedy s.ays. Ife keeps his eyes on 
Szaro. “What arc his marks like?" 

"He has the ;MUential to go to an Ivy League 
sch.x)!. .Senator,” O'Connor says. "Harvard spoke to 
us altoiit him." 

Ki-nnaiy “Who was it rhat spoke to you?" 

O'Connor nui.iioMs a name that is lost in the 
. uiiise of the kills yelling for the w.vy Szaro had run 
the pkiv. 

"Isn’t that wonderful?" Kennedy says to Graves. 
"Only here three years from I’ol.'*nd and look at how 
he c.in play ,ii.d wliai he has in front of him. I think 
tiut’s terrific.” 

He was si])])ing ih*. tea. In the huddle you could 
'near tile voices. 

“You do it.” 

"N'o, you go <lo it.” 

“All righr. let’s go." '. ..e> bre..k from tlie huddle 
.*;id the i;i;;.rter!...ek runs ».ver. The tea bag had 
dropju'fl Oil Ken.-tedy’s shoe. The quaftcfback whisks 
it up in his hatal .'ind throws it aw*ay and runs to his 
positirm. 

They run off tv.ore plays and Kennedy yells 
“two Imiid.s” wi., 'orr.eUxiy drop!, a pass. Or 
“oTKilihlj" or ‘’th.tt’s the way” when one is completed. 

“'I'hey can pbiy aiiyUj..y," he says. 

".''chooLs in Pi-.insylvania," one with him says. 

“I-h erett,” Ke.incdy says. "Do y'ou know Fverett 
High in Massachusetts?” 

“Yes, they’re very good,” O’Cor.nor, the coach, 
says. 

“These boys here could play Everett anytime,” 
Ki'iincdy says. 


w.as cold, and it was becoming almost too dark 
to follow the ball. The kids were running football 
p! *ys and Kennedy was watching them .and rooting 
iliviii til run it rigiit. He w.“»s e.\c;!*.d and eajfcr and 
th*)' (liled into e.ich other U'causc t!;cy knew- III wat t 
v..;sc!i!!!g. They had sotnethiftg between The - 

liotthcr, 01 course. That is always there. And the. ' J 
youth and the long hair and the name and the sister* ku 
in-b-iw and just the idea of being young: Whatexcr^jJ 
it is. it is there for good. Bo'aby Kennedy canrh^S 
every inch of the worst s.o.b. w'c've e.'cr had. £va3K^M 
^ing he does in public can 'uc a facade. But stanU^Cfrl 
on a footb.aH field with kids, nothing 
is something l>ctwecn them that is power fuL * 

Somcli^y came running across th* iid d 




.) 




•TWrr rcndy nowr tKc guy wa» thoutin g - ^ 

* Kvnn^ y ttirn«! and shook hands with^c Wch 
awl licgan running across the vj; 

had to Ik* at. The Ih wIs came wit of the huddle and 

walchwl him go. «. «» v» 

dj»tcr. in his Mih floor aiwrtmcnt m the l-N. 
Towers, Keniiwly sat with his shirt sticking out of his 
pants and a vodka-on-thc-rocks in his hands. 

•WcreiTt they good?** he was saying. “That tey 
from Toland. ! can t, get over him. lUrc imly three 
years awl he can play so well. I le has all these mar- 
velous things in front of him. Why didn't you stay 
there with him? I think what he’s doing is a lU more 
interesting than what I'm doing or the Democratic 
party is iloing or something like that. Only three years 
from Poland^ Polaml! Now he's here. He can have 
all these things. I think it’s terrific.** 

lie turned to Graves, who was stawling with a 
phone to his car. . 

‘ The coach told me they were playmi L Sunday . 
^cFTTwc can fit the jramc into the schcrliile. I want 


to see the boy play.** Kennedy said to Earl Graves. 

* l tflif'cs nodded. " 

Sr. Francis Prep played against Chamiiiade High 
School on Sunday at a place c.'iHctl Hoys High Field, 
‘which is in Brooklyn. Richie Sraro kicked a 4.=-yard 
field goal and then was seen running that play which 
seems to lie an inside reverse, lie stammctl through, 
was hit st|iiarrl3‘ by a linebacker nod immediately spun 
and c.ime into another one leading with his side, not 
his whole iKxIy, and those peasant legs kept kicking 
and trying to get into rhythm and suddenly they w'cre 
alt motion and he was free of hands ajid he raced nine 
yards into the end zone. He is going to lie a big foot- 
ball nl.iyer at a college in a couple of years. 

Hobby Kennedy did not make the game. At one 
point in his scheduic that Sunday he started to ask 
aMut it and they told him it would take 45 minutes to 
gcT to Ific field awl they didiTl have the tirm'. Sfl ftc 


said all right and, immersed in work, forgoj abtmt Jt. 
^ When the game was over on Sunday, the .^t. 
Francis kids crowded into a narrow locker room that 
hwl a low cement ceiling. They had won eiTsily. The 
kids grabbed the dw^rs of the green metal lockers and 
beg.-in to bang them in rhythm. 

“WeVe number one," they chanted. 

They stopped chanting and broke into a cheer 
when O’Connor, the coach, walked in. O'Connor was 
holding the game ball over his head. 

"Senator Kennedy," the kids ydlcd. "The ball 
goes to Senator Kennedy." 

They yelled it loud. Young faces, streaked with 
mud from a game, young faces of boys 16 and 17 and 
I a The same young faces that are .ill over the country 
ami liny don’t want to kmiw aiiytbing aUml ftkl nMti 
or young old nu n. 'I'lu* only n.iitif thry know in |M»litics 
is HolK-rt Kriinvdy. the prrsi«biit’s brfKhiT. Voting 
bnees, amJ some of ihctn will lie 21 in 1968 and all of 
*hem wdll lie 2! in 1072 ami this is not a story alioitt 
pOiTTiCsrlf is a story about simple arithraetic«^_ju__» 








December 28, 1961$ 
BYLIAISC3K 


Honorable l^larvixx V/atson 
Special Assintant to the President 
The V/hltc Ecuae 
Washiaston, D, C. ^ 


Dear lir. V/atson: 


/<c?/>Lx'r 


Enclosed are several additional items concerning 
the use ol electronic listening devices which have appeared in 
the pre js. You may desire to bring them to the President's 


attention. 


Slacetel^^., 






1 - Mr. Wick ^ ^ 

1 - Mr. DeLoach x^r U 

Siacloaurcs (G) ^ 

"Report From V/ashington, " by Walter Trohan, "Chicago Tribune Press 
. Service, Inc.," Chicago, ELiinols, 12-21-66 f 

"One More Card To Send," "The Danville Register," Danville, Virginia, f 
12-17-66 f 

^ "Bobby Kennedy Takes On More Than He Can Handle in Hoover," by | 

j Ralph de Toledano, "Roclcford Register Republic, " Rockford, Illinois, ^ 

12-20-66 / — I 

“ "Wlao.u Will You Believe?" "Monroe Morning World, " Monroe, Iio ui s i a n a, . | 

12-17-66 « 3 

V “JI" ^ ("But E I Did O. K. FBI 'Bugging*-" cartoon by Reg M anning , ^onroe i 
iih: - " Morning World," Monroe, Louisiana, 12-18-66 ' to 

Bobby The Snooper," "The Arizona Republic,' Phoenix, Arizona, 

columns and editorials are being acknowledged sepfivate^ 





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i.^ 


Dccc&ibtf 23, 1060 
BY LB^CN 


Honc^’ablo blorvin Watrsa 
Spccl-'Ji Asi^tasA to tba Proaidest 
Tfcc 7 idle Hoaee 
\VacLl:i;;ton, D. C. 


o 


Dear Mr. V/atscm: ^ ^ ^ ^ y^. 

Yott nay desire to brinjf dio enclosed ot : . 
fear i^ciiis concerning; electronic listening: devices to Uze ' i 
President’s attention. 


Sincerely yours» 
r 




Enclosures (4) 




. * 4 / 


1 - :.E*. Wick 
1 - t J:. DeX^ch 




W !::■ 


"It:.- *s Credibility Gay/* Tbc Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Cslahonia, 
12-:-2-G3. 

JEir,*’ Arlairsas Gazette, Little ilock, Arlmnsas, 12 -17 -GO. 
Furor Dad Euslnoss," Tbo Sacramento Union, Sacramento, 
California, 12-13-6S. 

•'u/iid^Do You Believe?*'Chattanooga News - Free Pres^'V Chattanooga, 

Tennessee,. 12/20/66. -- ' S 


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X. JA!i 3 


Jaaaary4, 1037 






Konorabio Elarvin Watson 
Special /issistant to tho Pf esldunt 
The Wliite House 
V^ashin^toa, D. C. 


o 

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Dear Elr. Watson: 

Encloseci arc copies of several recent editorials and 
an article relating to the use of eloctronic listening devices. You 
may desire to show these to the President. 




Wick 

Ivir. DeLoach 


Sincerely yours, 

Tjot" rscok^u 
!23 JAN L'^ 



Enclosures (5) _ ,, - 

"Kennedy, Hoover," 12-26-65, "Lawrence Daily Journal-V/oridJ^"" 
Lawrence, Kansas ,^57 

"E'lr. Hoover and Mr. Kennedy/* 12-30-66, "Savannah Evening Press," 

Savannah, Georgia 

"The Furor ^er Wiretaps" by Gene Roberts, 12-28-66, "The Chattanooga 
Times," Chattanooga, Tennessee 
_ "Hoover Versus Kennedy," 12-23-66, ^!The Daily Gazette and Mail," ^\f 
Morristown, Tennessee w V 

"Former Aide To RFK Recalls Bu^- *PressurcV» by Leslie M. Whittcr..; 

Z <, 1-1-67, "World Journal Tribune," New.Yort, Now York 


NOTE: The editorials are being acknowledged separately. No letter is 
being sent regarding the article since it is straight news reporting. 

■ T 





■siia &£xtss Asoney uccs»i 


CLrec^, TH 


sLucxKOtac u3XE:a:?G dsvicss 


«ar.xiary *, issv 


- Enclasea are copies ok seTCrai receax eoiranaie 

asd an articla concero^^ electronic listcalns devices wMch 
tosce*' . 5 ^ 

^ . - ^ -^v’ ..*: „ 

Enclosares (5) f^dh^/ih P- ^ 




1 - Tiio r-epuiy Attomey ec*ce-.td • i^nciocarcs (dj ^ | . 

1 - Mr, Wck - Enclosures (5) ’ % I 

1 - Mr. DeLoach - Enclosures (5) ^ f 

NOTE: The editorials are being aclmowledged separately. No letter | f 

is being sent regarding the article since it is straight news reporting. ^ | 

•’Kennedy, Hoover, •• December 28, 1S86, "Lawrence Daily 
Journal-V/orld," Lawrence, Kansas ^ . 

"Mr. Hoover and ^ir. Kennedy," December JO, 1968, "Sava nn a h g 1: 

Evening Press," Savannah, Georgia & 

"The Furor Over Wiretaps" by Gene Roberts, December 28, 1968, g 
"The Chattanooga Times, " Chattanooga, Tennessee ^ /',' . 

"Hoover Versus Kennedy," December 23, 1966, "The Daily Gazette § : 

and Mail," Morristown, Tennessee * c jr i: 

"Former Aide To RFK Recalls Bug ’Pressure*," by Leslie M. Whitten, g ;?1 






!<ennscV, Hoover ’ 

U. S. Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-X. Y.\ !s 
an ambitious man, extremely so. and while 
be* may say ^icrwlse, Bobby appears to be 
working toward the Democratic presidential 
nomination. If not in 1968, at least in 1972. 
But ambition is no valid excuse for forget- 
litliicss, and it would appear (he broUter of 
. former President John F. Kennedy is at 
least guilty of that 

. bn Dee. 11, J. Edgar Hoover, director of * 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, labeled. 
a^ *'ab5orjlely inconceivable'^ a statement 
made by Kennedy the day before that im* 
plied Hoover had been misinformed about 
Kennedy's kno%vIedge of the use of electronic 
listening devices by Uie FBI in the 1961-64 . ' 
period. Kennedy was U. S. Attorney Gen- 
eral in tliat period. 

Hoover pointed out that official records 
of. the FBI not only reflect discussior.s be-. 

• tween Kennedy and an FBI employe about 
Uie FBI’s u.*;e of microphone surveillances,'-^ 
but also cor.lain documents, including some. 

' bearing Kennedy’s signature or initials, * 
showing that the FBI’s use of mike and wire- 
tap sur\'cUlanccs was known to and ap- 
proved by Kennedy. 

FBI director is a man whom histoi 7 is 
due to list as one of our great Americans. 

A', veteran in his vital and sensitive job. he 
is not given to rash slalcincnts. The state- 
ment he has made about the former Attor- 
ney General is a serious one, and with 
Hoover’s v.isl legal background it Is certain 
he lias sufficient evidence to substantiate it. . 
In; fact, records of communications between 
Kennedy and FBI personnel are available . 
and. as Hoover has said, bear the initials 
or name of Sen. Kennedy in regard to wire- 
tap activity. 

It would seem foolish for tiie Senator to 
continue to deny he knows anything about 
the 1961-64 eavesdropping trend, some in- 
stances of wliich could have involved his 
campaign to “get the goods’’ on Teamster' 
Union President James Hoffa with whom he. 
h^s a long-standing feud. 


ENClOSUHe 


It could be Kennedy has forgotten his 
' scUvity in this li^d as AMoraey General. ^ 
But in case his memory has slipped, the 
FBI has ample documentation to refr^ it ' 
arid in this case it would appear Hoover Is S 
the man who is sitting in the driver’s seat, 
aral that Kennedy did have a hand in elec- • 
tronic eavesdropping activities by the FBI. \ 

' • • -• ;• 

The term “untouchable’’ often is used to !' 
- refer to some individual whose standing tn - 
a 'Society is so firm that he cannot be 
reached by any kind of a lure or bribe. By 
their daily behavior, such people improve ; 
rather than detract from their reputations. . * 

If such an individual exists and, thank- . 

. fully, our country has many of them at all y 
levels, J. Edgar Hoover truly merits the 1 
role as an “untouchable.” . ; 

* What lure or bribe could possibly touch 
tills man? . * . . 

Now in bis 70s, he has devoted his life ’ 
to; building a great agency which is a shin- 
ing tribute to his high standards and dedica- * : 
lion for excellence and justice. He has never’ ; • 
miirricd. Kis family has been the FBI. He : 
stands for r.o shoddiness by. his fellow work- ’ 
ens and less th.nn topflight agents never. • 
remain on the job for long. 

Hoover has received virtually every honor - ’ 
Uiat can come to a great citizen. He is *• 
eligible to retire at full pay at any, lime, but ; 
he remains to try every day lo make bis 
agency even better. V - , ; 

t Yes, J. Edgar Hoover’ is truly an “un-- * 
touchable” and to the great’eredit of Amer- 
ica, he is one of many that our nation has . I 
r produced. 


” Lawrence Daily Journal -World** 
Lawrence, Kansas 
December 26, 1936 

77 - 


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L-'ccv«:* cr.d Mr. '(ennedy • 


Tlic subject o! ‘‘eavesdropping’* by 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
flared this month into a public feud 
between FBI director J. Edgar Hoov- 
' er and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the 
former Attorney General of the Unit* 

• cd States and Mr. Hoover’s former 
boss. I;*s aa old subject, but whrd has 
puzzied us is Senator Kennedy’s pt‘c- 
tensc at ignorance that such practice 
, existed while he headed the Dept of 
Justice, 

r Since the subject has come up 
> again, the FBI has released to the' 
. press (this newspaper included) oifi- 
d.'il dociuncnts to show that Mr. Ken* 
nccly did. indeed, know about what 
! the bureau terms “microphone sur- 
veillances’* and, moreover, he ap- 
; proved the practice. 

Among the documents is a mem- 
orandum from the FBI dated Aug. 
17, IGol, asking the tlien-attorncy 
general’s permission to use lcn.scd te- 
lephone lines in connection wth such 
surveillances. The memo read: “If we 
are permitted to use tlic leased tele- 
phone lines as an adjunct to our mi- 
. ere phono surveUlanccs, this •typ<s of 
coverase can be materially extended 
•' both in security and major criminal 
. cases. Accordingly, your approval of 
; our utilizing this leased line arrange- 


ment is requested , . “At the bottom ’ 
is typed the word “approved,” fol« 
lowed by Mr. Kennedy’s signature. ' 

Mr. Kennedy, during the controver- * 
sy, has used one Courtney A. Evans as 
bis back-up man. Mr. Evans, a rcUred 
FBI .^special agent, was the assistant 
director in charge of the division in- 
veslignUng organized crime and rack- 
eteering during Mr. Kennedy’s term .• 
as attorney general and he served a 
liaison between the FBI and Mr. Ken- 
nedy. 

Well, among the documents fur- . 
nished by the FBI is a memorandum 
from Mr. Evans, dated Aug. 17, 1961, ^ 
on the subject of “microphone sur- 
veillances’* in which he discusses the 
procedure of obtaining leased tele- 
phone lines and concludes with this 
sentence: “Tne .\ttorncy General ap- 
proved the proposed procedure in this 
regard and personally signed the at- 
tached memorandum evidencing such 
approval.” The “attached memoran- 
dum” is the one aforementioned, 
signed by Mr. Kennedy. 

Il ls apparent tliat since Mr*Kenne- 
dy left the Cabinet to become a sena- 
tor he has changed his attitude on? 
eavesdropping as<a method to fight; 
crime. It is apparent, that his 
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(Editor's no(e—lIuch thcro ' 
may be that Times Editorial ' 
* Writer Gene RoherU cannot «ay > 
in the column 6cloie. itouteoer, • 
h« doe« say a eonsiderable 
omount tohilc bringing to t>cor . 
a his years of czperienee as an ■ 
i FBI special agent in various !, 
' parts of the country.) ' 


• X EDGAR HOOVER and Rob- * 

J crt Kcnacdf disa^ce over ' 
• whether Sen. Kennedy had 
knowicdso of wiretaps or micro- ' 

■ piionc surveillances which wero 
used in investigations of top-level • 
organized crime ditring the sena- ' 
tor's service as Attorney General. 

A U.S. congressman complains' 
wiretapping is so widespread that) 
no one in Washington can be sure.' 

. his IcTcphonc is private. ■ 

National columnists examine the ; 

, threats to individual privacy in - 
t . America, starting usually from the ' 

. unquestioned assumption that the . 

congressman was correct in his.; 

' fear of the prevalence of electronic 
snooping. 

One columnist notes that the 
President has ordered the FBI to '> 
use electronic eavesdropping only ' 
in eases involving ^'national scour 
ity," but says the Bureau has so 
liberally interpreted "national se- 
curity" as to allow it to bug any- ! 
one it chooses. 

‘The 'case against Bobby Baker * 
and some of his business associates 
is called into question in federal 
court after the government volun-** 
teers the information that the a 
private quarters of one of Baker’s 
confidantes had been wired. '' 
A U.S. senator expresses the be- V, 
lief that the FBI, because of its ' 
wiretapping activities, principally,** 
is a major threal to American d^ 
mpcr#i<;y. .. . . 


A ll' op the afore-menlioned • 
happenings have been much 
in the nc«i oi late and the effect 
has been to create a general at- ; 
mospkere of unrest cooccmtng the . 
government's respect for Iho ciU- ^ 

■ sen's right to privacy. ‘ * 

Unfortunately, the discussion has . 
necessarily been one-sided and has ' 
proceeded on the assumption that '.' 
wiretapping is indeed undertaken * 

• indiscriminately. v j 

The talk has been one-sided be- 
cause tlic FBI, against whom most ; 
of the criticism has been directed, ' 
cannot discuss the issues in spc-. 
cific terms without possibly cn-‘ 

■ dangcring lives and/or the national , 

• f?cur5ty. It has steadfastly main-, 
tained it used electronic snooping 
equipment only in cases involving - 
the "national security" and these* 

. directed against organized crimo 
such as the sophisticated variety 
employed by the Cosa Nostra, or' 

. as some call it, the Black Hand or' ' 
■ Mafia. Now the Presidential dlrec- • 
’• live has forbidden its use against 
the big-time gangsters. Additional- 
ly, the FBI claims it has. not pre-.* 

• seated lor prosecution uso any in- 
; lorniation obtained either directly 
; or indirectly from wiretaps. 

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|0 PRETENSE is made here of - 
, expert knowledge of a complex • * 
organization that is charged with 
'co.nducting investigations in almost. 
200 separate categories in areas so 
diverse as espionage, sabotage, 
bank robbery, kidnaping, applicant ^ 
backgrounds and unlawful attacks , 
upon migratory waterfowl. My , 
strong inclination, however, is to 
believe deeply that 

— Th* rlcht of thtt people to bo otevro In - 
thrir pcrtonn, hoiiM*. pAp^ri, and ef. 
(eels acslni^t unressorsblt searches and 
seizures, shall not ba violated, and no 
Warraats shall Issue, hut upon prohahia 
cause, supported hr oalh or aftlrmatton. 
and pariieuiarir dcscrtbinc (ha ptacs to 
bo searched, and (ha panoM or tnl n ae lo 
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December 28, 1966 

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is a Constitutional protccUoa that 
is Zealously guarded by FiJI 
agents. I was never given any rea- 
son to think otherwisa in any 
cvcr.L 

I have read evciyvhing that has 
*coine across my desk concerning 
’ the wiretap controversy. I have 
tried to view the various material 
* objcciivcly. Still, while there arc 
. legitimate areas of criticism of T.tC 
Fill or any olher federal agency. 
. the charge that the Bureau poses a 
threat to “the privacy of the indi- 
vidual citizen" seems without foun- 
dation in fact. I would not argue 
that electronic eavesdropping per 
’ sc poses no threat, rather that tiio 
danger and indiscriminate \:sc 
stems overwhelmingly from non- 
> police sources. 

I'orsonaliy, I am not inclined to 
believe the FBI has been indis- 
‘ criminate in its use of electronic 
; eavesdropping for several reasons. 
"Many agents arc attorneys and 
have a deep-running professional 
respect and commitment to Consti- 
tutional safeguards. Wiretaps arc 
generally ineffective against sophis- 
ticated criminal or alien elements, 
and to implant a microphone device 
requires personal exposure to great 
danger and the very probable dis- 
association by one's employer if 
: ono is killed or caught in an act of 


irwr'ass. Given these ' 
ciimstar.ci's, it sceau 

that agents of the Fi 

choose 10 risk their lives indis-' 
crin.inaU'ly against small fry or; 
someone tiie director doesn't like 
Pcr..on.nlly, as the same senator'! 
lastly racniioacd furtlier imjdicd. \ 
• • • 

•»ypr PRlXCiPAL complaint with' 
the current furor over tho 
question of wiretapping is that legiU- 
imato perspective seems to havo 
been obscurerl in an Orwdlian 
vision of unbridled Intrusion ,bto 
every area of our pci'sonal and 
private lives. AUhough not entirely, 
without basis in a lime when tho* 
federal government is considering' 
.storing computerized dossiers on 
individual citizens, the fear is too 
overpowering for the facts ^foro 
us. What we know is that approxf- 

• roatcly four eases of eavesdropping 
have been revealed. The FBI 
claims they were directed against 
organized crime or in the Interest 
of mnUonal security. Unfortunately, 

. the FBI U in i;o position to docu- 
ment its a.s.sortiuii and neilher can 
critics prove their tears. 

Tltc questions which need to be 
asked in tho .stalemated debate 
; concern the legitimate uses, It any, 
of hidden electronic ears. '/ 

lias organized crime in this counr- 

• try reached a sufficient level of 
power and danger to warrant per-- 
haps some kind of judicially and 

‘ judiciously conti^ollcd use of such* 
L electronic gear? If so, what are 
the most workable procedural safe- 
guards that would protect not only* 

; individual privacy from "unrea- 
. ronablc" searches but also insure 
. the security of the action? 

i npHE National Crime Commis- 
Sion is expected to recommend 
' to President Johnson early next 
year a system whereby a fedcfal 

• investigative agency could present 
its case for installation of listening 

. units to a federal judge, who would 
; determine the justification of tho 
request and insure that any infor- 
. matioa intercepted in such a way 
would not find its way directly or 
. indirectly into a courtroom. 

While I value my Constitutional* 
rights as highly as the next person* 
and consider myself no sclf-ap- 
po.i.;cd defender of J. Edgar Hoo- 
ver, 1 am persuadc<l that some such 
.'i/.'i.iigcmcnt for the use of doe-' 
iroiiic devices against organt/A^d 
crime is sorely noi'dcd, and, more-. 
over, in our individual and national 
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I • T1i<xigh k Rhouid be » snmplt ' ' 

' mailer to resolve, there is now 
i»o indication that the arsumenl 
. .over wiretapping hetwern John 
Fdpar Uooo»cr and Robert F. 
Kennedy will ever be decisively • 
Killed. 

I rom documents released thus 
. far. il appears lhal RFK, while 
attorney general. d>d indeed au- 
thorize wirct.'iying. but be 
.vehemently denies U. •• 

The furor 0|>enr.-l with publira> 
lion of a H»y>ver letter « 1 uch said 
Kennedy knew all about FBI 
eavcsdi^ping. 

• Kennedy «aid he didn'I. that . 
the veteran FBI director was 
•'nii.sinformcd." 

Hoover replied that Kennedy*! 

. retort was "absolutely incoitcciv- 

^ able.** 

! Hoover then produeed a doeu- 
ment backing his stand from the 


‘same FBI ofricial Kenneth bad . 
‘quoted on h>s side. 

Kennedy then called for lloov " 
er to make public his entire file 
selection lo "indicalo under ' 
which attorney general his prac- ^ 
t»ce began, whether prior altor- *t 
ney-genersis aulhoriKd il. and J 
whether or not they were a* un- i 
informed as I was.** . f 

If really makes no difference 4 
in this matter whether previous 
attorney generals iuthorized 
wiretapping or not. 

( ITtc ease *n point is whether .• 
Kennedy suihorized the practice. *. 
If he did suihorize it. why not 
’admit it? Why attempt' to weasel •< 1 
•out of it? 1'; 

If in fact RFK did not suHior* '•'o 
ire it. than the F 3 I Director has I i 
some explaining to do. . o t. 

' Beiween the two, we believe’ !^ 
Hoover. "/’! 


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3 uq^ 'P ressure ■ ' 


LESUE M. WIIITTEX 
'W 0 rtt imrti rrttM* lp*tUA^ 

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31— A J * ■ -* vfeT’NT. * 

former ic? a.«e to Attorney REC\a« 

General Robert F. Kennedy! SUberliop. who ‘J' 

«aid today ho dUttoctly re- pU .key pwt 
n r.a' 4 cr» Kennedy preaslnc |lWl. ^ Feb. 1. ■ 

u;c FBI to use more **tech- .dew he *» not U^jng tlw 
meal CQuipmcnt’ *to flsht or- rai’s «de aaa.nst 
Cir.Lxed crime. :The FBI. aaW 5..bc.Ung 

.failed to cooperate viUi hU 


f -own efforU to brms Utc na- Kennedy and that the attor- 
ot.oenine. former chief of hoods vo bar by ? »ncy jcncral "would like to 

u-.e Jusucc Departments or- jo 1 <.]I ;;<m whelh- : arc a ll. 5 t of the technical 

yamacd crime and raceeucr- ^ jaformation they got j surveillances now In opera- 
Ing section, is linimrunt be- busslnB or In- lion." Kennedy had made 

cause It is the f^bst break In | soarc obser/a lions "as to the 

U? pl.Cianx of Sen. Kennedy^ tmestien U vital to a * l>o.«ibllit 7 of utlllaliig 'clec- 

fArinOF Aitclctjintjt i , 


The reeoUccUon of the^ 
fo:mer Justice Department* 
aide Is strikingly similar to; 
a memo in 19SI from FBI* 
Agent S'/ana to hU superior ; 
la Uie FBI. In the memo * 
dated July 7. ifiSi. Evans ' 
sa;d I’.e had "contacted" ' 
Kennedy and that the attor- . 
jicy general "a*ould like to ■ 
sre a ll.5t of the technical* 
surveillances now In opera-: 
lion." Kennedy had made; 
so:ue obscr/a lions "as to the • 


ar.d ;n:s former assistants in,,,, deter- 

\.v.o that Kennedy had. . .. . 

no krowledse of FBI "bug-; "'‘-at Is f' a. d 

....... what Is "hMivoy." The I'bl 

, . : dccUncd c.'tmmcut. 

Ali.ioush “tcdinlcal equip- , p„„u. 

j,, y.. 

..... In Uiq dlcl.onar> sense, i msi ihe crucial 


It ix ux much a euphemism i 
for electronic snoopinp dc- j 
v.v'os AS "passed away" is for 
-cled." 


r.'.cctlnt with Kcm;edy took 


place la 1561 and th.^.t the. '**'* practice. 


ironic devices* In organised' 
ertme Invisii-atior.s." Almost i 
live yc.i.-s later, Evans wrote 1 '“ 
Kennedy a letter saying he I 
"d.d no*, discuss the use of ; 
buss" witii Kennedy. 

Silberlirag quit the Justice 
Department to take up pri-; 


FBI asent In chaise of liai- 
son with Kennedy. Courtney 


During Silberllng*s stay at 
.Tuaticc. a number of niajo: 


Siiberllng In an Interview,; Eva.'S, a as prei^ent r.Jons- gang-sters were convicted of. 


s.‘..d "everybody at the mcet- 
irz k.iev’ he (Kennedy) a*as 
about electronic sur- 
veillance — ^parabolic micro- 

phones. spike ‘ microphones, 
buzs — that is mtevo-trans- 
milters — the whole thing." 

Tills sUtcmciA appears to 


with ohicr Drpar'.mrnt of' federal crimes. 


Justice ohiclals. . 

The ccnfcrencc. tn Kcnnc- 


madc plain In his Interview^ 
today that he has no bad i 


discuss progrc.ss of the anii- 
. ^ ) y tA 'i racketeering, prosram head- 

This sUtcmciA uppeors to ^ ^ Sllucrliiw. Kennedy 
run toumcr _u, a su;c,«^^ ^neerned ^ the laci 


dy s tJU, noor ,;f.;ce at th. i 

department. v.as called '0 | 


D.'C. 11 by Kennedy that * 


not aware of the *bu.?- 


of solid information on the 


F .a irar 1 WP hoods." sald Silhcrllng. r 

j The **top hoods’* arc leaders ^ ^ /r # . 

our.ng |y*y ^erm as auorney . j^oslra. .somcllmcs * * 

SCUcrAa." FBI Director J. Eo- or 

...(f hoover has w.d bugging .yndlcate. 
ir.c.-rc::ed at the liasutence of. 

Xcn;;cd>*. ' - WROTE IJ^Tllia 

The lioovcr-Kcr.ncdy con-;' suberUng rccalLv u*at Kcn- 
traidilclons remain umre-^ ,aedy wa.nied faster icsulU 
solved, but Sen. 2dwar4 ▼. . in the anil-gangster program 

long. D-Mo.. has said ho- ^nd told F^*ans wlihoat qual- ” World Journal ' 

plans m ask both men to teo- . uicatlon lliat he wanted the. , 

tily before his subcommittee fbi to use more "technical NOW YOrK, NOW 

tr&rdc snooping. ^5 xrr • *” 1, 1967 






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rc^ardlnc tls unuarr anted, nolle ious claarccs node 
editorially in the Docenbor 22, 1936, issue o£ bis paper* 

::o uos cLullea^cd ta explain just hew ho could orrivo 
ot any such conclxisSbons rocjardinj; the Bureau's dispute 
with Senator RC32R T ISKIH SPY. particularly inasmuch as 
he had provfsSxy” Dcoa: provided with all of the facts 
by this office* I pointed out that this xaatorial was 
furnished to him prior to his editorial and that, as a 
result, 1 felt that ho had boon very unfair to tho Dlroctor 
and tho Euroau as a wholo and that I was comp lot oily at a 
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rocardins anotlid]T^attor, at whi< 

tuoicorec tha^ ho too had scon tho editorial in tho 
•‘Spohosnan** and had boon civen to understand that actually 
it had been written by somcono otbor than llr. NEJ71IAII and 
possibly by tho Roy orond ^STAiJX>EX KING, a No^rro prcachor 
who has boo^activcy7itl^*t^ various minority ci'oups in 
this area. advised that it was his undor-- 

standin::; that KbV/*iAIT had been out of tho city durins tho 
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appoarod t!iat ho v;aa quito cabarraasod and vrith tho abovo 
In clad, X told him that tho entire editorial scemod co 
C'lt of character that in Jiy ova mind I questioned vhethor T 
ho had actually vritten it* Ilia only responao vaa that 
t’:o rr.'pGa.:. Ability v;aa his and that ho could not "pass 
tho bu;±" to sc:ncono olso* Co etated that ho v;as sorry 
that tho incident had cccurrod, that ho had always adnired 
and rcspcctod all of tho Bureau personnel with v/hca ho hod 
had occasion to coao in contact and actually folt that tho 
roi vas about tho only roal "friend in court" that tho 
Ncc;ro ccanusity had* Eo continued that it had Ion:; been his 
personal opinion that Cenator ECIIx^DY uas not near tho friend 
of tho i‘To::;ro that ho would havo ovoryono boliovo and that 
actually to used then for his cun ends* Uy reeponso at that 
point was that as far as I was concorned that was cor'ainly 
"a toll of a way to chow his admiration and respoot*" Eis 
only roply was that tho danago had boon done and all ho 
could do was apologiao* 

Although 1 did not want to belabor tho * issuo , I 
did remind him that this was tho second tico that ho had 
■printed erroneous information about tho Director. pnd tho 
FBI and that I felt ho was being most unfair. Eo again 
stated that ho was sorry and that actually ho was most 
embarrassod ovor tho ontlro situation* 

Although Hr. KETTEAN did not at any tiao admit that 
tho editorial had been written by comcoao olco during his 
absence over tho holidays, hie attitude and reaction in 
accepting reeponsbility has coavincod mo that this was tho 
ease* Eo cover did give tho slightest indication who night 
havo written tho article , stating norcly that it was his 
paper and, consoquoatly, his responsibility* In view of 
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I TIicm rpiWcft Indicate amite of the mota M the ]irearnl» 
(^troiisle. The image ot Hoover as a **non-politicor man who, 
stands austerely above partisan battles Is a myth. In 1053» when 
phe then Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, opened fire on* 
^larry Truman’s alleged coddl'ng of Communists, Hoover enthusW 
astically supported Brownell's* Version. The question arose then,- 
as It docs to some degree now, as to why Ive had not resigned, 
earlier and pubiicly proclaimed his knowledge; then, aa now, bt 
hid behind the claim that he was merely a deputy. 

I In the current uproar the vulnerability in Kennedy's case Is 
gthat there is some validity in Hoover’s depletion of his secondary, 
role (luring the Kennedy time. Some Issu«?s being drawn now in; 

. volve distinctions without a difference (as between wire-tapping 
and **bugging**). Kennedy was undoubtedly more tolerant of such 
intrusions in the early days ot his regime than In later phases, or 
(than ho would be now; Hoover may have believed he had con- 

t sidcrabie authori7.arion to carry on this part ol his business as 
usual. In their own fashion both men may be offering their sub- 
jective versions of the truth. 

The larger dimensions of the battle go beyond these fragments 
I gof remembrance. Hoover In fact remains a voice of political reac- 
I tion, whose name still commanils reverence on the rightist fringe, 

\ Kemedy has steadily emerged as an unorthodox liberal chal- 
^longnr to Hoover’s verities. .Tn that context the impact of this ^ 
^clash assumes its real and explosive meaning. Hoover’s blast 
may have given the signal for a grote.sque right-wing drive to 
"get” Kennedy for his dcUnq'ionclea on civil liberties. Logic does 
not always rule our politics. . 

Meanwhile, now as lor many years, lew citizens of any stature 
I In Washington will use their telcphmcu without 'suspecting that 
( 1 JHqjiiie^s^enls' are Ustenlnz, But wUl get to the bottom’ 

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SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDT 


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0^1/9/6^Liaisoo Supervisor Bartlett saw 
the Department of State. JH 


OD The recW^^UDTTcix^inWTvTn^xn^TJirector and 
Seny^^Ro^rt F. Kennedy dealing with wire tapping. 

commented that it was her opinion and the opinion 
of everyone that she had talked to about the matter that 
Kennedy ended uj^i^econd place and that he has hurt himself 
politically. she recently spoke to "someone 

in the Kennedy camp” ana that this person indicated that 
Kennedy’s recent batt le with the Director has cost him "the 
next two elections." enlarge en this 

comment nor did she xaentTi^tne individual who jnade the 
statement. "v-. 


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1 - Mr. Wick 
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:^ -^\‘3au Denied Wiretaps — _ 
Kennedy Never TqM _ 


WASHINGTON— Former Atty. Gen. Robert F. 
Kennedy’s top rackets buster told the Boston Globe- 
Chicago* Daily News today: “Sure, I knew for years 
•that the FBI swas making widespread use of elec- 
tronic ‘bugs’ in organized crime investigations. 

“But the top brass of the bureau would fiat-out 
lie to me, denying it, whenevei I officially asUed about 
it” • * 

' William C. Hundley, 
head of the Justice Depart- 
mcnl’s OrRanir^ Crime 

Section from the 0.0. r. years. I 

days of 1953 until this shout the 'bu^. ' wii 

5 k;pteinlK-i‘, insisted that ty. 

he never .liwiisad his -nut when .he r. 

knowledge of the buRKuig 

with Kennedy while Ken- iheir use, dciiyinc 

nedy was Attorney Gen- that this w.; oir 

eral, “and for e very good 

thing th.il v;. ^ JU! 
* , the AG. (A.ty.-( 

“I began to suspect as early nedy) and tl.e Dir 

US .059, from Ulking^ vari- Director J. Ld^a/ 1 

r.„ FBI agents who were good it„»_witl^ natioiv 

ir ends, that they w ere using wircUps, So I ne 

•bugs* in rackets caset ' about lU 


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^‘*“‘o"‘charles Nlcodemus 
Author: ^j^omas Winshlp 

Editor. Wiretapping 


J*And hy'*61 and .’6?, ,wjicn 
rd been running the Organ- 
ized Crime Section for three 
or four years. I liad learned 
about the 'bug. ’ with certain- 
ly. 

••nut when tiie r.urcau ofTi- 
cially kc|il b iug to tiie atMuit 
their use, dciiying it. I figure 
that this W.; obviously so 
delicate that it must be some- 
thing th.il just between 
the AG. (A. ty. -Gen. Ken- 
nedy) and tl.e Director (FBI 
Director J. Ld«:a.' Hoover), as 
it„is witli •national security*,,,— -p 7 
wTreUipsT So I nev er talked // " 
about it.” _ 


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ttXta'i com* up in a 
« *terl ennversation between 
tcf^ ;nc ’It nnedjr until early 
.r.: .eur. riuring one of hi* 
cc: .j. :,;: I visit* to Sen. Ken- 
Capitol HiU office. 

"Cca said to me. *Say, did 
V5U know that the FBI had 
- <en using bug*T* and 1 .said^ 
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SEN. XiuNNSDY (AP) 


••Well, why the devil did- 
lit 70 « tell mer and 1 ex- 
plained to Ua that I assumed 
he haew all along.* 

Hundley's disclosure was ’ 
certain to add fresh fuel to 
the unprecedented public dis- ^ 
pute now raging between 
Kennedy and Hoover over 
who was responsible for. or 
authorized, the FB!’* use of 
widespread eleetrqjpic^eaves- 
dropping during the cafly ' 


'go's, in probes of organized 
•crimcl” * • 

With the Supreme Court 
now tossing out convictions 
involving evidence "tainted” 
by the use of illegal 'bugs,' 
both men — who have long 
harbored mutual antipathy-^ 
are seeking to affix responsi- 
bility on each other. 

Hundley's perspective ap- 
peared particularly interest- 
ing because he was neither 
a«JKenjns4y intimate nor a 


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Hoover fan, ”but-£»U;cr l^guy . 
who served in the Justice De- 
partment from 19S4 until • 
1066, under four attorney 
generals — two liepaolicans 
and two Democrats,” as 
Hundley himself puts tl. 

’ He reeigned three mont^ 
ago to take a job as execu- 
tive assistant to Pete Ro- 
zelle, commissioner of the Na- 
tional Football League. ^ 
Reacher by phone. Hund-. 

* ley said that the FB!’* wide- ' 

■ spread introduction of ” 'bug- 
ging' in 1961 was due pri- 
marily to the bureau's fail- 
ure tefore that lima to de- 
.velop an adequate intclli- 
'gence system about organ- 
ized crime.” 

; Hundley related — as had 
.other past and present of- 
.ficials of the Justice Depart- 
ment — that "before 1958, 
phrases like 'the Crime Syn- 
dicate’ and 'the Mafia' were 
almost dirty words at the 
FBI. 

"But after New York state 
police flushed out dozens of 
top hoods at the 1958 Ap- 
patachin meeting — which the 
FBI hadn't even known any- 
thing about — Hoover raised a 
little hob, and said they had 
to have better intelligence on 
I the rackets. 

1 “So they began selective 

• use of 'bugs'— -various clcc- 
I trnnic eavesdropping devices. 

I “Tl.cn Bobby Kennedy came 

aV- ’ s'tl gung-ho against the 
« demanding that the 

• FLl catly get into action. But/ 

I the Bureau still didn't have 
!any real intelligence system 

* or resources. 

1 "Sp. ihej apparently figured 
t£ey had no, choice but to go 


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I ^'bugging' wholf . hog— 

I did, arid it woriced 

'.beautifully. 

"But they'd nevjr formally 
admit it to me, ewn tnough I 
was the Justice Depc. tment'k 
top racket* man .aid the 
Bureaa is the invo^-.;„ative 
arm of the department. 

"And it aj^ars they n ;ver 
toid Bob straight-out, Vilher,** 
Hundley said. 

"In fact, the only time it did 
officially come to light— in the 
FBI's La* Vegas gr.rnhling in- 
, vestigation in 19^1— Kennedy 
ordered it itopped.” Hundicy 
recalled. i 

anyone wi.o doesn't 
undersUnd the roi-.tlonsh p - 
between the FBI and .;-.e rc-s 
of the department, a.'.d the in- 
dependent power oi i\ 7Cd;:sr • 
Hoover, all this may be ciif-| 
fleult to understand,^ he said. 

*^But anyone who is familiar 
with the department wouldn’t 
doybt H Jor a minuto,” ho 
declared. 


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DATE: 1-11^67 


Mr. 

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sumEcn SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (D. - N. Y.) 

APPEARANCE ON "TODAY^ TELEVISION SHOW 
WRC (CHANNEL 4) 

1-11-67 


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Senator Robert F, Kennedy was interviewed on the "Today** 
show this morning* 

The interview concerned principally President Johnson’s 
State of the Union Message last evening* 

Kennedy was queried concerning various points in the > 

President's address such as taxes, economy, social security, anti-ballistic 
missiles, welfare programs and the Vietnam situation, among others* 

Of particular interest to the Bureau were Kennedy’s comments 
concerning the outlawing of wiretapping* He commented that present legisla- ^ 
tion concerning wiretapping is entirely inadequate and that new legislation ^ 
should be enacted to insure the protection of the individual* He stated that he ^ 
favored the outlawing of wiretapping except in national security cases, ^ 

providing any such wiretapping was handled with court aq>proval« He also £ 

added that he would favor wiretapping with court approval, in certain cases 
of organized crime, kidnaping, narcotics and other major crimes* ; ^ 

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There was no mention of the Director or the FBI on the ,n/ 

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ON THE ||j[GHT >7 WilUam F^ckkr, Jr. 


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HUX't 106CZK OMBOrT 

At ftrat it Mf to 1w a ■■■■nfie problao, oothlnt aBra; bot aa om looks 
«ora sloaaly^ it boeooaa a tltaaio ehatactox ftrustiB^ m oslofrtuaata coBaagoaosa 
of ohiah U that it laanraa ooar y oM voodarlag ohathar Nr. Hoooar or Mr. laonafy 
ia taUiat tba trotk, aai praetteally aa 00 a woMlarliii ohy altfaar of tlMB ahoal4 
0tlak thara ia a ^at <Iaal kara to hida^ i.a.« to ba wortk tallias falaahooda 
NMOt. 

lha flrat diatiaetloo la bacvean cha vira ti^ and tba oierophona (b«t)« "Om 
oaa of tba viratap la ragulacad by la»; oot ao tba bog, tOildii oaa Isaaatadl yaara 
aftar tba wlratap law. For »am raaaoo (iMrtia), Gbagraaa haaa’t got arowad to 
axtandlag to bugs tba raaaraatiooa it laaiata 00 oltb rafaraooa to wtratapo. 

Tba gaoaral faaliag la tba Joatlea OipartBaat, hooawor, baa baaa that it would ba ' 
unapoctooaalika to taka atfaaotaga of tba tacbnlcallty by tMlag Vuga with abandao. 
Aod ao tba dlapota ia ovar tba quaatloo whatbar, idiao Mb. Hpovar oaad bla buga, 

Itr. laaaady, aa Attomay Gaoaral, waa awara of thalr uaa, arao aa ha ackaovladgaa 
balng awara of tba uaa of vtratapa, aa raqulrad by Goograaa. 

Cartaloly Hoowar aaaoa to hava got tba boat of tba eradlbltlty arguomat. 

Mr. Kaoaady aald fwbllely that ha waa oot awara that buga wara balag oaad. 
bbaraupoo Nr. Boowar promptly produced a lettar algoad "tobart F. Kannady'* ralalag 
the quaatloo of laaatog telaphooo lloaa which would cooneco up to Cha III' a buga. 

Kaonady ratal Utad by producing a conteoporary affidavit froo one Bvaoa, a 
fonaar Uaaon efflcUl betwaao hiaaalf aa Attorney General and cha FBI, which 
affidavit atated that he Byana had never apokeo CO Kanaady 00 behalf of tha FBI, 
on Che aubjecc of buga. 

Uhereupon Boover produced a new>randia froo Che aana Evana dated 1961 ia 
tdilch ha reported that ha had dlacuaaed with Hr. Keonady, at tha requaat of Mb. 
Hoover, the uae of ntcrophooea under certain clrcuMtaocaa, and Kennedy bad 
expreaaed hlnaelf aa "pleaaed" that theaa ahould be uaed, aubjeet to Che aalf* 
denying ordinance, "there poaaible io organlxad crlne oattera." QuaaCioo: la 
Bvena (tAio ia no longer with tha nX) wora credibla in 1966 about what ha did la 
1961; or oora cradibla in 1961 about whet he did In 1961? 

And Chen there ere aeveral wltneaeee who were in the a«a rooat with Kennedy 
when he lietened to e taped converaetion in Lea Vegea betwean two hooda diacuaalng 
Cha unhappy local eppolntoent of an honetc police chiaf. Braca youraalf. Kennedy 
aaya he didn't know the converaetion had been eaveadroppedS He thought, pro* 
auMbly, be wee tietening to CBS, 

lAty did Mr. Kaonedy do it? Lot ua disdain Che sMorel queationa, InaawMcfa aa 
thay ara gaoarally thoui^C to bo tangantial in polltiea, and wondar not why Mr. 
Kannady told an untruth, hut why he thcmaht he could get away with it? (MOKB) 


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vwy wlifcaly thMt ta wmU ta vltlMC tte vvlteM* t» toA Ut — n t 

Uat Ifr. Knoady W« eanetaMoiwly mmm of o«voo4ropplag oetiirltloo by Clw 
BoroM. Mon Ukoly Ik, fwo o Kty thou^t cbot Mr, loonr hmt tho oviteoeo, oik 
right, bot that ho wwU oot no te, oo oontono is ho for eha yriraey of hlo 
filao. But Ik. McMvar haf baoo anomrad i»ta m Uvoootblo oituacioo. Bhlooo 
ho doalaf Ik. Xnaafy'o yobUe charga of laot Jmm that tht ni aotod vithoot 
authority la buggiot tha Lao Vagu boo4o, tha >B1 wo aetlag la offact ootolBo 
tha In, It to dlfflailt for a aao vhooo ikofooolaa hao baaa ao «hlof low- 
aaforoas of tha oatloa to aceapt lightly oueh a rtlgM. U io otraago that Ik. 
Kooaady didn't got hlo aw; otraagtr ottll that ha dU not know hio aoa. 
a a a a 

iod, finally, tha aaot latocootlag point of all. Iliy io Ik. Koniady nwOag 
oo hoatodty for oovarl Obngraoo hao authorisod tha wintap undar eartaln 
elrcuMtaneas, and lafanntUlly tha nlerophona. Xa tho nlddU of FToaldant 
Kaanady'a. tan, an aoalstant attonay ganaral wrota to Sanatov tonal Bnrln 
otatlag that 79 vlrotapo wra la uoo, and 67 bugo. Ik now know that thoy woro 
balag aaad with tha anpllelt approval of Ik. bmiady, Indaad ^t ha vaa "ploaoo^* 
at tha knowladga Chat thay wara balng uaad. kiy now U ho ao aahanodT 

Fratunably hacauaa tha Idaologleal objaecloa to aavasdropplng la fanatleally 
conotniad la quartara whoao good graeaa Ik. Kanaady aaaka ardantly to oito, 
lhaca ara paopla Is tha world idioaa oppoaltlon to aavaodroppiag aoaatlMO oaavo 
oo total that thay wuld obJacC to aavasdropplng Into a eoovarsatlon that fora- 
told an latantlOB to launch ?aarl Harbor^ v 

Congrasf has nada noat of tha ralavanc dtstinctlooa — aavasdropplng should 
ba pacmlttad undar spatial suparvlsion of cha ACtornay Ganaral to safsguard tha 
national sae\frtty and aid in tha apprahcnalon of major erinlnala. If cha 
Attonay Ganaral abusas tha right, laC cha Attornay Ganaral ba crltlclaad, or 
aacktd; but anist cha weapon, Invaluabla as a asana of protaetlag aoclaty, ba 
•achawsdT A vigorous defansa by Kennedy of tha uaa of bugs uodar car cals 
elrcuBacsncea - onder such elrcunstaocas as ha author iaed during hla tsmtra • 
would hava baan bracing to tha raallsta, but Hr. Xannady — tha swa Ik. bnnady 
idjo began hlo tamira as Attorney Genaral by asking for an avan vldar uaa of 
aavasdropplng nschsnlaiaa — has laarnad hla liberal eatsehlswa Indallbly, and 
is, until tha spall is broksn, conpUtely In thrall. 

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m vm uaa I 9 Baeki«r ). .t» Vn 17 or If ), 

^ or chorofttcox. 

Ab 4 iao*t it oftoa INitcnmI tho lloie* of huoao «ofur«oe« to ooporoas tha 
kaooladpa of liiac aoa ftacovara tha dalloqoaaelu of Jfooaa — awl of Mai-* 

***» ^ oaoraa of Itataaiiif to ftaak, ooa eoMa acroaa tha aottial also of 

kla frtaodat 

Loot mtk tha aaiw wu |wbU«ha4 of tha arraat of a yoaac lady aho thooi^t, 
ia hohalf of haraalf, bar lovor, aod aa aceoopUea, to aahaoca thair oohm 
fortunaa bf $36,000 hy tha alapU axpadlaat of prataaftas to bava drowwd 
aoefdaatally loot auwjai* iba pollca and tha laauranca eoapany auapactad that 
^ lt<7 livad, oaot to a judga and cat hia pavolaaloa to tapa tha lavar'a 
phaoa, and aura anoogh tha lody callad In ftom hoc biding plaea ia tha anburha 
to idilapar a happy Ibaakiglvlng to bar looao* Tbo coovaraatlen waa racordad, 
tba cailiag mwhar laataotly traekad doao, tha body roaurractad, and tha 
Inauranca conpaoy aavad $ 36 , 000 . 

A auecaaa atory •• oltb homwr dlatorblag iaplleatioBa. tera la tha oaa 
of a tap othar than for raaapna of national aacority or la ordar to proMot ’ 
olelaoca. Hr. daoaa taatoa raxaala that tha talaphooa of Or. Martin Lutbtr rt«»t 
vaa tappad during Salba, ao that tha authorltiaa night knoojuat hoo rtotoua 
nara hia Intantiona. 

Mr. Boovar'a loyalty to his Job la a noounant of civil ractituda, and for 
that raaaon ha ia loath to aaka rarn—iindattona that hava tha affact of attach* 

.iog hlo to fins and eontrovarsial valua Judgoanta. But ha should atap fomard 
at this point and dlvulga hia own recanaandatlons concarnlng daairabls and un> 
deair abla aavaadropplng. Iha diacusaloa should outlast cha- cootroveray over 
tMbathar Bobby knew of tha axlstenca of thia or that bug. For instanca, would 
it ba licit to bug a eonyaraatlon batwaan tb, Kennedy, Attorney Ganaral, 

and Mr. Hoover, Director of the Bureau, which recorded tha fonoM'a cnthuaiaatlc 
aaaant to the use of tha bug? y 

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ON THE ^Gm j-by William F.^ckl«7, Jr. J 


^ UlMM SMvrdoj «r «iod<y, S»eai*«r 17 or 18, 1866, or tterooftor. 

vm muim mans 

Iho plot cbl^onr. For «• cblag, tbOM oho is tha put havo oppesod J. 
Ufir Boovor oro mahiag forwl — vltboot, mmy of tbam, fioliii «ap conrldor* 
oelM «e all Co tbo ovldonco ae hand — to aldo vltb loborc UonUy in tho 
corrMC eooCMt aa to ohtch of tha Cw «aa ia to ba ballevad, cba daofaroua 
troiaid nilaa baiag, la thla caaa, ona or cha othar, but not both* 

Taka It, Mirrap KnMiCon, of cba Bav Upoblle and tba Ifew York Foot. 
r o aptoo can't ataad tha FBI baeauaa Cha FBI can't atand CbMunlata, and CbMuolata 
ara Ilka Halan Oieloy Tlyna, idwao faea balonga on ilaorlcan pla«mlxaa, Kaoptoo 
erypcotraphara will know asactip idiac X Man: otbaca will hava to taka my vord 
for it that He, Rtsptoa ia abaolxicalp and nndanriatlaglp lopal Is hla diaapproral 
of anyona angagad In concamlng hlsaalf with cha Intamal aacurtCp: alta n^ tha 
aoorea. If not cha coloration, of hla apaelal dlallka for J. Edgar Hoovar. 

In tha noat saladroit analyaia of tho aoaaoo, Mr. Wmmptm vrltaa chat "for 
20 yaaco «a h»*a robad as our chlaf Judge of loyalty to cha nation a nan notably 
Incapable of paroonal loyalty, than Hoover le la trouble, he will turn In any- 
body encapt whoever happena to ba Freaident at the aosent. Foneer Frealdenta 
ara no exception; In 1953 Hoover testified to tha House Uh-iteerlean Activities 
Com! t tee that Harry Truaaa had proBoted a goverasent eaploye evan after ho 
'knew* frOB FBI reports Chat Che nan was a Cavsuolac agent," 

Fron such analysts one supposes Chat we nust distrust Mr. Hoover because 
he will tell the truth when called upon to do so, even If the truth is at Che 
expense of a fortsar attorney general or a President of the Iblted States. Som 
call that treaaon . . But then soma go to Keapton for thought, which U like 
heading south when in search of the North Pole, 

And Hr, Keapton is not alone, though hie alembic captures the subtlest 
rays of confusion. He Is supported by others, who rail at Mr. Hoover and cliaor 
<aa in tha caaa of Hr. Jamaa Mechsler of New York) to have him fired, and go 
on to imply that If he la not, why that is avldenca that Ftesjdent Johnaon ia 
behlnd-it-all, preaslng his end of the vendetta; or that J. Edgar Hbovar la 
seeking out means to punish Bobby Kannedy for hla valiant stand on civil rights. 
Such ara the passions, and thus irrational, that rags over the controversy. 

A few voices c<»e through aaklng, softly but stubbornly, tho relevant 
auesclons. They ares how much bugging is going on, and idiaC ara tha affactlvw 
limlta of Cha powara of tha actomay ganeral and tha courts In tha matcarT If 
John knows Jamas and JMea knowe Prank Goatallo, do John's convaraatlcoa with 
Janas gat tappad? Or to go ona step closer to the heat, do Jsmesbconversstlona 
with Costello get tapped T But surely that ia incvltabla, sines if Costello la 
to ha tappad and ha U othar than a soUloquiat;, ha oust b* ehu« r.ikins 

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Me itUaM 1hBr«d«y^ OtcMber Z9, 1966, or thorooftor. 

RUKA» v«. BOOVEK 

n»ul4 yoa bolUtro Orow Morsoa doftndlng thm rl|^tt co prlroeyt Xt I 4 of 
oottroa Martoo h«a dono a»r« thao my um in rteast: ttnaa to aasetlfy 
tha vlolactott of privacy — by traffleklag^ and lately, in docuoanta atolaa free 
tta prlvata filaa of a ttoltad Statat Sanator by chiavaa abo did not eovil avao 
at tha roBOval of tba Stoator'a eorratpoodanca vltb hit childran* 

Draw Ibarton la not alona, Alaa* T^ara ara othara Uka his «fw «rlU faat 
for forty daya and forty alghta to proclaln the abaoluta right of Maaara, Miranda 
and Eaeobado Co kaay to thanaalvaa the detalla of thair rapaa and oordara, but 
idio a Ota thaMtlvaa on avary ravalatloo by Mr. Paaraoo of eha little traaaactioo 
in tba Ufa of a public and daceot nan. 

Fearaon-obaarvara will have noted chat tha gantlanaa la wldanlog tha nat. 
lha goal la to dlacradlt J. Edgar Hoover «dio, Paaraon kaapa ranladlag oa, la 72 
yaara old, and hanca ptaaunably lll^aqulppad to carry on thcjrlgoroua dutiaa of 
praaldlng over tha graataat fact^gatharlng agency In the land. 

a«aar fbaraoa accuaad H<>ovar of nlaachadullng an arraat of an Anarlean 
caught giving aacurlty Infomatlon to the GaaoMnUta, and tha axpulalon of two 
a»^nlat dlploMta who ware racalvlng tha aacrat gooda. Me. Hoover did thla, 
aaid Ibaraon, at tha noat Inopportvma poaatbla nMot for the aola purpoaa of 
getting htnaalf and the bureau soma favorable haadllnaga ao'^ to dlatraet 
attention from recent revelations about the FBl’e bugclng activities In Laa Vegas, 
fharaon'a theory was that It would have been better to let the Aserlcen traitor 
and the two diplomats continue under surveillance In the hope that ocher un- 
detected a plea would be exposed. He quoted the /nerican State Dapardsenc a^loyao 
idio had provided critical aaalatanca to tha FBI aa. In prlvata convaraaClon, 
blasting the FBI’s Inconpctenca In the whole matter. Another charge, another 
tedious search for the truth, which however Is easily come by, 

1) The State Ilepartoent and tha Justice Department, not Che ni, decide 
with reference to their 01 m interests, as coordinated through the Frcaldcncy, 
when to make arrests and when to declare foreigners non grata, and cannot bo 
aasumad to schedule such decisions solely to oblige the p.r. requirements of the 
FBI at las Vegas, Nevada. 

And then, 2) the gentleman who vaa professedly porked off at the FBX wrotsr 
to Hr. Hoover on eeelng the Feareon story: '"Idiea 1 uae contacted by Jack Aoderaam 
Okr* Iberson'a easoclete) I had no Idea that he would bring forth an unjuacifiod 
attack using half-Crvtha mid twisting facts in a braxen attempt Co Camlah tba 
superb image of your organlsjatlcnt." Plft. there rhe ch«re**> >br« 

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•i eriat 4«c*«tiaa «hi<^ avs MtsSte tbs bcwadlsriM of tte Isar sa4 tlMt crTstal* 
Usisf bQuodsrlss «f tpoi eowfoet, satf tlut agr w g te it 4ol»t to «itlw«t tlw 
katvlttfct of bit t^poriortx tht tetonMjfttatrol* Hi btvt ttot ebst tht 
fitputo ovor slistiisr Mr. Htovtr has scts4 la eaocsrt «itb Atfcorasy GOoortl 
Ummif tmU mc to bo to ooprofitsblt totouattr few kt. Umm4y. 

Ooocsnilat cbt attttr of coovtotloo, fk. fttrtoo sdaitt that titf Sovtat 
lUaa boffid tht iaa g t ca i fiJMSsy It Moscow hot **tbia wta om 20 yaart ago. 
Ibday if a bop wrt fouod la tha Moscow hotal tulco of aa iterleaa wltitor tbaro 
weald bo aa iataraattoaal uproar •** Has tba foatlsaaa takaa laawa of bis taataaf 
Ibsra vaaa't sroa aa latacaatiaaal uproar whto a younf Aasrlcaa was, by tha 
oridooeo of bit autllatod corpse, beataa to death by tha f-umf it pollea la 
tussla as receatly at sia aonchs ago. If the rtdiaidaat bug wsro dUceverad la 
aa Iswrlcto eabatsy bebiad tht Xroo Cbrtalo, It would causa last of aa iatar- 
natloosl uproar than tha discovery of aa accurate ttateaaot la a coluaa by Ibraw 
Miarsea. 

**Se far,” says Ifr. Fsarsoa, *'Hoovar hat lad a chariMd Ufa. • • lot avor 
ainea FratldanC Johnaen cootinuad hla In office two yaara bayood tba atatutory 
raclraMot age of 70, troublaa have piled up for Bower, lha Ptaaldaot will 
have another daelaioa to oaka whan Roovsr caaebas hla 73rd birthday, J«i. 1,1967.** 
That daelaioa, ooa would hope, uould bo tht aatlast tba Ftatldant will bavt to 
naba during tha Maw Tear. 

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Former Aide 
To RFK Recalls 
Bug 'Pressure' 


Bz LESLIE M. WHITTEN 

ITor.'tf jAfrnml TnPmnt Sprel»i 

WASHINGTON. Drc.31-A MEETING 

former top aide lo Attorney 

Oeneril Robert F. Kennedy SUberUny, who «rvM In 
Mid today he distinctly re- hU key post from Feb l. 
members Kennedy pressing 1961^ ^ h 
the FBI to use more “tech- ciear m » nu* 
nical equipment’ 'to light or- ^I’s ^e agalMt Kennedy 
ganized crime. The FBI. 

* . . failed to cooperate with his 

SiIlKrUnit. fonnw ch f( o( b.r by 

the Justice Dcpaitcncnts oi- „ |t)| him clielh- 

«.imed crmie end racketed- uiey «ot 

luf aec lorn U lin^run^ 
cause it is the first breaa in 


the phalanx of Sen. Kennedy 


formers. 

Tlis quc>ti':;i Is vital to a 


and. hi. torincr kisisUntJ muse'eutor a-hb must deter- 
who insist that Kennedy had . 


no hrowlVee of FBI “bv-g- 
glliC" 

Although “technical equip- 
ment’’ does not mean “buR- 
Ring * In the dictionary sense, 
it Is as mt;ch a cupiiemlsm 
for electronic snooping de- 
vtce.s as “passed away" is for 
“died." 

SUbcrling In an Interview, 
said “everybody at the meet- 
ing knea- he i Kennedy' was 
u Iking about electronic sur- 
veillance — parabolic micro- 

phones. spike microphones, 
bugs — that is mlcro-Uans- 
mitters — tlie whole thing.” 

This statnnent appears to 
run counter to a sutement 
Dec. 11 by Kennedy that "I 
waa not aware of the ’bug- 
ging* praclices of the FBI 


wit.vt is “hraivay.’’ The FBi 
declined c.'mment. 

Silbrrling. now in privaU 
piaci.ee hi Mmro’.a. N. Y.. 
jeca.leU that the crucial 
meeting with Kennedy too’k 
place In 1S61 and that the 
F31 flgriu In charge of liai- 
son with Kennedy. Courtney 
A. Eva 5. was pre.>eni .'!oni 
v.ih o.hrr D.T*ar'm'nt of 
Justice ofiicials. 

Tne conference, in X>^nne- 
dy s firt.n floor oftice at the 
department, was called to 
discuss progress of the anli- 
racketeering program bead- 
ed by SUbcrling, Kennedy 
wa.s concerned over Uie lack 
of solid information on the 
“top hoods.” said SU’ocrllng. 
The “lop hoods ’ are leaders 


general.” FBI Director J. Ed- 
gar Hoover has said bugging 
increased at the Insistence of 
Kennedy. 

The llomer-Kcimedy ron- 
tradlictuns remain unre- 
solved. but Sen. Edward V. 
Long, D-Mol. has .said lt£ 
plans to a.sk both'mrn to tes- 
tify before his aubcommittee 
w hich la Investigating ^elec- 
tronic snooping. 


The M c oUaqfion of the 
fo: mcr Justice Depanaient 
aide is strikingly similar to 
a memo In 1961 from FBI 
Agent Eh’ans to hU% superior 
ia the FBI. In the memo 
dated July 7. 1961. Evans 
said he had “contacted'* 
Kennedy and that the attor- 
ney general “would like to 
are a list of the teehnJcsl 
suiA-tlllances now In opera- 
tion.*' Kennedy had made 
some obser*.*atiorui “aa to the 
possibility of utilizing 'elec- 
tronic devices' In organLied 
crime InvesUgatiors.” Almost 
file years later. Evans v.Tote 
Kennedy a letter saying he 
“did no*, discuss thg^use of 
bug.s ’ with Kennedy. 

Sllberling quit the Justice 
Department to take up pri- 
vate practice. 

During Silberling’s iir.f at 
•Tusiicc. a number of major 
paiigjitcrs were convicted of 
federal crimes. Silberling 
made plnln in his interview 
tedny that he his no bad 
fcciiMgs against Kennedy and 
was on'y .“n.swci !n"'*a reiiort- 
er’s circct questions. 


during my term as attorney ^oslv%. sometimes 

general.” FBI J ^c- ^he Mafia, the mob or 


the syndicate. 

tVb'tOlE LETTER 
Si<brtilng rocalh that TCcn- 
iictJy wriated faster rcsulLv 
in the am i-r.angster pro -.ram 
and told Fvan.i without quai- 
Ificatlon that he wanted the 
FBI to use more '‘technical 
equipment” to get Informa- 
tion. 


"World Journal TriDune" 
New York, New York 
January 1, 1967 


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January 9, 1967 


Mr. ToUon . 

Mr. D«Loach ^ 
Mr. Mohr 
Mr. Wick 




MR. TOLSON: 


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Mr. Casper ^ 

Mr. Callahon . 

Mr. Conrad . 

Mr. Felt ^ 

Mr. Gale*C-v^ 
Mrj Rosen 
Mr. SulUr 
Mr. Tave! 

Mr. Trotter L 
Tele. Room.i- 
Miss Holmes 
Miss Gandy . 




Senator £d Long called me at 2 p. m. this 

y ^ternoon. He asked me if I recalled the name of Walter 
Sheridan. Long stated that Sheridan was formerly an FBI 

Agent. I told Long I well recalled this name, however, 

Sheridan was only in the^BI a rather short time and later 

he had worked f or while Kennedy was Attorney General. 

I told Long that SHeriS^^certainly was no great ''shakes" and that he was 
.new reportedly employed by NBG. * 

Senator Long asked me if the FBI had any information reflect^- 
ing that Sheridan tapped wires for Bobby Kennedy. I told the Senator that Kj 


I 


knew of no such information, that he might desire to check with some of the^ 
Departmental people who were around at the time Sheridan was employed 
by Kennedy. , . ^ . 

V"" • 

The Senato r asked me if I knew Ed {Jones. Ttold him I did not 
know this man, however, 

Jones, alUiou^niavin^a notorious reputatior^^^ir^ 
tapper, was employed by Kennedy and placed in the Immigration and Naturali - 
zation Service. I stated that Jones was still employed by this agency. 

{ / 

Senator Long stated he wanted to tell me in confidence thaf ‘ 

Bobby Kennedy had been making cracks about him. He stated that Kennedy ' j 
had told several friends that he. Senator Long, had taken good care of 
Mr. Hoover but that attempts would be made by Long and his Subcommittee 
to embarrass him (Kennedy). Senator Long also quoted Bobby as stating that 
the Kennedys were having Long checked out in attempts to prove that Long 
was close to Hoffa and was attempting to embarrass Kennedy because of y 
Hof fa. Kennedy is further quoted as stating, "I’ll get Long in the end," // 

KP-72 / '/ / /' 

I told Senator Longthaf the above remarks were interesting 

and I hoped that he would keep me advised concerning the matter, I then 
asked him if he had any new activities going on. He replied that several 
papers had contacted him this morning to inquire if he planned to call . 

Mr. Hoover and Bobby Kennedy for hearings. He stated he told the papers ^ 
that he had no such plans, that he had issued a statement on December 12/ ^ 

1966, and that he would make no further comments regarding the matter. 

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Senator Long told me that he of course had no plans to 
call either Mr. Hoover or Kennedy; however, he would let us know in 
the event Kennedy made any overtures towards him. He also told me 
that his office had received a considerable number of letters regarding 
this matter and that virtually all the letters &vored the Director and the 
FBI. 

RESPECTFULLY, 


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F.E3PDNS:3ILr.-!Y OF FCFM2R AG^NNEDY, ll. 

EOF X^VESDFOP^ING BY FBI 


Ac set out in R. E. Wick to Mr. DeLoacIi Memorandum, 


12-lc-oO; cc^ycicnsd individual v/as luraished information regarding the 
current controversy over bugging which he used on his program of 
12-15-65. 


" Siegrist stated that Kennedy is a close friend of the 
liberals now, but when he v/as a young counsel in the Senate, he xised 
anymethcd to secure information. Ee has the "presidential bug" and * 

Is wooing the liberals, and, Siegrist said sarcastically, he knows nothing 
of bugging. He continued that Kennedy picked the wrong man to fight and^= 
regarding his cliallenge to open FBI files, Kennedy should be thankful tg 

that hfr. Hoover refused because if ha did so, he, Kennedy, would be / 
coinpietcly destroyed. Siegrist stated it was inconceivable that Kennedy I 
\ did not lu'.ow of FBI bugging activities, but if in fact he did not know, ■ 

hhen he v/as an'awfully durnb^'Attorney General. Siegrist covered the 
i controversy in a chronological manner, and the Director’s ^ocumenta- 
‘cion produced the unmistakable effect that Bobby is lying. 

ABCOf.C.HINTlATICrb LdA- / 


ached letter to him ' 


[•hat in view of Siegrist’s strong support of the FBI, the 


fvproved and sent. 


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2GC0 Ccnneoticct Avenue, 
Kortliwest 

V/ashlcston, D* C. 20C03 
Dear I^r. Sie^rlat 


I am certainly grateful for ycur ctrcnj 
supr:::rt and the Idnd comments in your radio ’broadcast 
of Daceinbor 15, ISCS. 

As you tao^, all I did vras to state the 
true facts rmd support those facts by appropriate dccu- 
mcniaticn. I appreciate your brir.:* in/ the truth of this 
matter to the attonticn of your listenora. 

.. Sincerely yours, . . „ 


F03 1 i£Ah3 


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1 - Mr. Wick (sent with cover memo) 

1 - Mr. Gale (sent with cover me mo) 


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System, Washington, D. C. , Program of 12-15-66 Devoted to 
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Memorandum 


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DATE: Janimrv 19. 1967 


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CONGRESSMAN LOUIS C. WYMAN 
(REPUBLICAN - NEW HAMPSHIRE) 
(Bureau file 62-87517) 




On 1/19/67 Bishop of my office contacted Congressman 
Wyman iii connection with our program of contacting newly elected 
Congressmen, It is noted that Congressman Wyman is on the Special 
Correspondents* List and formerly served in Congress from 1962 to 
1964. 


deep appreciation for the congratulations of the Director upon his 
return to Congress. He stated that he has the utmost respect for **the 
Sdss" (referring to Mr. Hoover) and has always considered himself 


He stated that the Hureau emsld 


count on his support on any matter on which it might call upon him. 


Mr. Wyman advised that he was formerly secretary to 
the late Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and he assisted 
:.onator Bridges in drafting the bill introduced by Senator Bridges 
providing for retirement of FBI Agents after 20 years service. He 
mentioned very favorably his acquaintance with former SAC Richard 
Auerbach and former Assistant to the Director Louis Nichpls. He 
indicated a veitP strong dislike and distrust of former Attorney 
General Robert JCe.nnedSLand stated that he felt the Director had 
* 'decisive!^ defeated Kennedy” in the recently publicized controversy 
over electronic eavesdropping. ^ 

RECOMMENDATION 


None. For information. 


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st-sjECT: JTSM ON SEKATOa 22N KEDY /ff , 

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Tbere is attadied a short item from ^ Jaziuary 17th issue 
-1 ol "National Review" which speculates on why Bobbirkennedg get himself 
{"snarled with J. Edgar Hoover in the battle of the bugs.'!' 


will be recalled that "ITstional Review" is put out by 

William F. Buckley, Jr. , who is favorably inclined to the Bureau. In 
. recent weeks Buckley has had three favorable columns in the daily papers 
on this matter, and the Director recently wrote him a very cordial letter 
I In connection with the same. 

RE COJ.CMENDATION: . 


For information. 


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EI^Mir DO SCSBT XtKT^f firt blnwcif tnAfM witlTj. j£dg£r 
Hoover m the betde of the buc»* It nught be thought 
that the outcome^ i mound of eruicnce provins Kennedy's 
enmptioty m Justice Dept. wtre>upprns procedures, would 
scarcely have been worth the strussle, and indeed, less 
, , arrogant men nusht have thought twitt before challengins * 
tZie FHi^chlel on his own unshakeable ground, ^as K^ * 

mtsguidedly as it turned out, on Jloow's 
— celcbra:^ reluctance to throw open Bureau rcco'rds? Or 
did he simply, as simple folk sometimes do, start something 
• he couldn't finish? The answer may lie in the episode's * 
^riotis lack of impact on the Kennedy imag^ which coiv • 

. dnues buoyant though riddled through and through by the * 
/acts. Not only is RFK, as heir designate to the Presidency, * 
heyond good and evil, he also knows be must continue to. 
make his political pitch to those moulders of publk taste 
J* ^Car Hoover automatically* 
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The White Eouse 
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Dear Watsom 

Enclosed are copies of two articles concerning 
the TBTs use of electronic listocing devices. You may desire 
to brin^ them to the attention of the President. 7 ^ 
Sincerely years, 


'*OT'Re53HDEo“ 


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DEC 22 



M: 

W'y 


Eaclcsurca (2) 

U. S. News and World Report, 12-26-66, ’•Who Knew About ‘Buggli^*. . 
RSICs Story — And The FBI's 

jf . j^ew York "World Journal Tribune, •' 12-17-68, "Week That Was. . - 

Will a Hurt Bobby?" by David Barnett ^ 

1 - Mr. Wick (Sent with memo to AAG of same date) , • * 

1 - Mr. DeliOach (Sent with memo to AAG of same date) 




1 - Mr. Gale (Sent with memo to AAG of date] n;,v^ 

l,-'>iC.,.R0sen (Sent with memo to AAG of same date) 

13. DEC 21 T£Z% a ' 

ANOTE: 



1 -.. 


13. DEC 21 Ec5f. 

'iNoiJsi The article In the "U. S. News and World Eepert" is b^n*v._ 
acknowledged separately. Co * -s are alStrbefcg^entHJ the Acting' 
Attorney General. No letter is being sent to Mr. David Barnett for his 
'Carttcle In the New York "World jo»ir^ Tritrae” since It Is not in 
support of the FBI but rather is mainly critical of Senator Kennsi^y. 
.’GE:M:mel (8) /n^ , ^ DelIvKsd to iaM.-34 St;?" 

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^1‘ vlti BSd'VecX th* Saprtma 
.court oonSmed tha oODTleUoa 
. 'oC taamiter boat Jaaus Hoffa, 
^ ' m.aaa who Xcnnodr bad trtadf 
'j; . *to Jail with to diliccxicai 

^ t ooorb df<l«bm."te oaob 

- otom^^ a piin rbiii^t and 

'^■{ . Xannady.. \ ’"j *\] 

t.^: 'i* Bat lb* aU» rtklpdlM tha 

Uoac* of Xemicdr aa o ntUilaail 
_'; punc^, aa lauja that had 
VObii&W m \ho paM thrat yeaxa 
V- And tt enTorced th« ataawpUoa 
that Kcmcda^ la hU atio;l*> 

-.' . Bus;^ tropplaf U Soito, 

' would aoO hava baaitated to naa 
*r onporraettvoaiatbodoCabtala- ^ 
r * Ix^ fatfamatSoa^ . :' >.-•:• '-•-.if. :-= 
p . f U tim week'b tidyijm mo ^ 
^ tho oontrow : - a» batwam thd 
r. ■ Xemudir huaflr and WUUadh ^ 
beanahaattr oi^ thr pabHa»i 


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diitmiinf to JaoqoeUM K<n*« 

- aadr. tha widow ot hia brotiierjl 
^cannot bo eompkt^ auprtu«d. 
• Sannedr partisans accent thoj 
that tha* suit WM 
tpromptod bw bCn. XsnnsdyV 
oblceUona to leetlons dcaUng' 
jrtth her pitsate cnyoUona. 
t . But Uwm an oiany *oC ibcaj 
^Wha'lronittaa days ot tha lata| 
^pk«sldapt> marxlaft. bavs bad 
Moch strong bonda.’tO tbii 
j»t]a~Ki«u>|a4jra ^n\io Jao>| 
qaeMno. .i ' 

Ihai^eonsidsr Mrs. Xenncdx’s 
auaek on tho book naa been 
omptaTSd and that tha senator 
win mtat by hls paleniloyalty. 

. .Bat than la another explaoa- 
boo iot thf' soil moch rooted 
•iwimf the XDofa teosplratorlal 
types la Waihtngtoo. It suits 
with ths wtQoSupported thesis 
that tha book palnu a dUUsu* 
‘lol pletun President Lyndon 
Bl Johnsea. do. tha explanation 
peaa tha eaaa la daslf nad mere> 
It to autfOA that tha Xanaadys 
Iliad and faUad— to ^ prarant 
loch a pletwroi* • • ' a 

L .A doso asaoetato oC thf 
Wator. baked about thu *'tx-i 
doa** said: "X wish thatf 
txuot bob .tt 110*1. If u; 
_ thf wfaolo thine would, bal 
palnfol to Bobbltkf 
KmrtbtiaaX ;tho waak can! 
swaatao tha ralatlonshipl 

tho Pnatdaiifc and Saii4 




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"■'. wmmsotABt 
. moid poUUcai thinkars| 
bo Washlnxton art convtnead It 
mil tour tha relatlonshlpa ba«| 
'tvean tha senator and at least: 
»a of hta useful and to« 
[th u i i a i t la booatan. * . V 

XO tha years alnea tha aaaaa* 
oaiUoii. Sen. Xennady had 
about lived dowa tha Imprat- 
sloo that ha was a wild, ruth* 
lesa inllshtar. Hla imaga oi a 
]raUonaJ,.cauUoua idealist, with 
|a special plpa Una to tOO tUnky 


Inv. of tha seneratlpn^ .aoons 
t»-ba-^caro waa steadily growa 
in*. - . • 

I Charfes— no matter how. U]J 
founded— that ba U less thah 
|a meticulously truthful states*< 
^aa. that ha Is prepared to da^ 
contamlnaia history of painful 
^truths, that ha beUeves ani^ 
^mesns. includln* bucylzUL can 
•ba iusUfltdr to reach a person^ 
faUy daslrabla end ' — theso 
[aharf aa vUl ba dllficuU to bury} 


•Tha verdict/’ In _ 
IWashington la that ths .waclK 
to ba rallTad whanevsr Senl 
^noady- f acaa* tho. votanC and 
.l^^uss.i2wi.4i si 




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New York, New York 
December 17, 1966 


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Bo&^ KensMfy's 
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; •; — T ASEJNGTOX. Dec. ao-^ Ibt mcmcat the hottest thing 
j \7v/ in thtt Dcancratic perty Ss Soil Robert F. Kennedy <k 
t * * vm4p ihA hnttiar ef the ilehl President, hot his 


j ^ '' Kew York, the brother of the lUin President, hoi Worried Over Disclosufes^^-^^ - 

^ . . .. . . . .v, I mHE L^ZL OF SNOBBERY eouliHw w» mart dmaidM 

I THcdMures si ^ hand he pliyed hi wfae tapping and oe J ji , ^ m:.. »«!*** *rk^ 


fttpdssTG oC ids snobbery may send his 
jpopubriiy jdungbg far belw that e< 
' ProiCent Johnson and leave him low man 
on the 1!^ political totem pole. 

Bobby came off second bett^ a 
«^usgbg* row with J. Edgar Hoover, 
director of the Federal Burean of Inves* 
T igafi/w Hoover declared it was “ahs^ 
lutcly icooaoeivable’* ■ that Bobby, his 
fff-T Tfr boss as attorney general under 
Preside Kesaedy, would deny ksowlp 
edge of “bugging** ia criminal cases. 

Ksover produced memos from Kenne- 
dy's chief witness, Courtney A. Evans, a 




^ iS B iuBB wuv im uTcBiBifiig w uS nuiiS oOiBS. Aue ASa- 

s., I Body fasuly is invdved in a hassle with its haad>pidced author, 
. >.! William Uanchester, over aa acronnt of President Kennedy*! 
death. Ris widow, Ifrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, who ia being 
j coached by Bobby, has repndialed the book at **both 
*f>x distorted.** . • • 

What the family Ss worried about is the tBselosora of ■nmo 
: confidences. These inclode a reCsreDeo to Presideat Johnson 

V,' n£ cmntry bumpkin** and indigoation ever the fact that 
Johnson boarded the Presidential plant affer the 
' ' J for the sed journey home, altho be was then President and tbe 
I I plane was kis rather than tlie widow's or tbe Kennedy family's. 


Eoovff^dllced memos from Keane- I vL_j If the book should reveal the Xennedys, including Bobby. 

dv*s chief wimess, Courtney A. Evans, a ^Tohan : as arrogant and snobbish, it would not help Bobby’s image an/? 

fimer FBI director, who was promoted by Bobby to It if little wonder, ibca, that the famfly is esertiog every ef&ri 

a in the msticc deoartmeaL Tocse disclosed that Bobby to suppress any book on the assassinatioo that tha Kennedy), 

hadTpproved ‘“micropbiinic surveOlance.- The FB! has a file do not censor and contnO. M 

bulging with Kenn^ approvals of wire Ups which could be ' 

one a day, for months. ' ■ . . 

EsichUsIzes Special Wire Tap Group / \ - -'-I' - 

T. tot 0: g.Y DID KENNEDY approve TBl wirr UA he y ^ ‘ - * ■ -- - V . ? 

| *^«iry V.pna rtment on FcnTB , ’ Ta« WMhi»««M F*«t mms . 


T.TOT Oj g.Y DID KENNEDY approve FBI wlTT UA he y : 

I \ *~pr»vp:^ fr^gur^ I*.pna rtment on Fcb."g , 

he set UP a special wire Up group unccT' 
"Tisam f^j ^ par.fl. Tlii^ gTQun cor.sisted o; ikrce men. Qac w*» - 
tM a job m the jusUce dapy tmant, a second was pUced on 
the ^ni ii> pa^ ii- ania third ca the payroll of tb ejcgml^ _ 
g ration ,gndjiatttr*t-Tat?m £«Tnc|^ _ . 

If Bobby Upped the wires ^ James EoSa, teamster boss, 
whom be made bis Na 1 target, these men would know it It 
would be interesting to. hear wb^ they mi^ say if they were 
Fim-Ttftnad before a gr^psy and as^ to tsder oath, 
.So m f friends of have offered e rewa^ of HCO.OCS to 
enyont prodndng evidenoo of wire Upping in connect i o n witti 
Eo..a*i tzUl in NashvOla. WiHUm Ineb, president and 
lisher of the Maneftester IN. HJ Uni on Leader, has offered a» ^ 

©t^ V ^-V - . : 

;The sum is a ooe^ iint wfaatbar any of Cbe prin- 

d]:^ would eare ta answer fiw $B0,QQP q uest ion is doubt fu l, 
es^VciaSy if there were wire ttp;^ of H a ff a. U it eomee to 
moEi 9 , ftw catt *""*^*^*- ‘with Qm KwMdy fai&Uy^ 


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Tlw WasklBOtoB Deity New* . 
The C««el»e Ster 
New York HeieU Trlheee _ 
New York Jeef^-AweHcee. 
New Yeflk Delly Newe ,»i 


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